Buffseeds

樂隊成員

Kieran Scragg：Guitar，Vocals

Helen Hawthron：Violin

Neil Reed：Piano，Keyboards，String Arrangements，Organ （Hammond），glockenspiel，Arranger，Strings

Joel Scragg ：Bass

Ella Lewis ：Percussion，Drums

不管是聽到聲音，還是看到名字Kieran Scragg ，你肯定都會認為主唱是個女孩。Kieran Scragg 有著美妙、鬆弛的唱腔，聽起來有種乾淨，遙遠，空曠的感覺。我也是後來才知道主唱原來是個BOY。

然而非常可惜的是，這支英倫樂隊在2003年發行了《The Picture Show》這張專輯之後，便在2004年解散了，而主唱兼吉他手Kieran Scragg 又加入了另一支名為IKO的英國樂隊，唯一不變的是Kieran Scragg一貫鬆弛、慵懶的唱腔。而《The Picture Show》這張專輯無論從旋律還是歌詞上說，都是非常值得聆聽。

《The Picture Show》

發行時間：2003年

地區：英國

語言：英語

專輯類型： Britpop/Indie Rock

唱片公司：Fantastic Plastic

專輯曲目：

01. Sparkle Me

02. Casino

03. Sunlight

04. A Guide to Happiness

05. The Day She Fell to Earth

06. Who Stole the Weekend

07. barricade

08. Coward

09. Riot

10. Buy Her Flowers

11. Ocean Blue

12. Hideaway

建議在VeryCD下載

The Buffseeds, a U.K. indie-rock band, are only just entering the music scene. But their full-length debut "Picture Show" is a very pretty album. Kieran Scragg's falsetto can be a bit distracting, but what comes after is a light, pensive little mix of rock and ballads.

A rhythm comes into the album from the very start: It opens with the sparkling, airy pop of "Sparkle Me." It's laid-back, but soars every now and then, on the back of a beautiful keyboard melody. On the other hand, "Casino" is gloom-rock, still soaring and exquisitely multilayered, given a few extra shoves with the echoing bass.

After that, the Buffseeds alternate between midtempo rock songs and ethereal pop ditties, both written to bittersweet lyrics about love, loss and loneliness. The latter sound a bit like Turin Brakes mixed with a bit of Mandalay. At times it sounds like Scragg is torn between wanting to be Thom Yorke and Billy Corgan -- the music is more like Radiohead, but when the music swells he lets rip like Corgan when he's really into the music.

That vague confusion is the only thing that keeps the Buffseeds' debut from being really outstanding. It needs a bit more musical complexity and passion -- THEN it will be really good. As it is, the midtempo rockers don't quite measure up to the airy, swirling Hammond ballads. They're pretty good and bittersweetly beautiful, but they're not quite there yet.

Kieran Scragg sounds completely androgynous here -- he may be the first singer I have heard with gender-bending vocals. Sometimes he sounds like a fey man, sometimes like a woman. It suits the shoegazer pop better than it does the rock songs, where he sounds like the music is going too fast for him to follow.

When the Buffseeds solidify their sound, then they will probably be an excellent band. Their debut is a pretty, airy pop collection, and if the wrinkles were ironed out it would be outright beautiful.