The New Frontiers -《Mending 》[MP3!]

唱片公司：The Militia Group
专辑流派：Indie Rock/Indie Pop

专辑介绍：

在这个成功的节奏与旋律等同于巨大销量的时代，转瞬即逝的现象在媒体中大行其道，现在要找到几张让你真当回事的专辑变得如此困难。那是真正感染你的，和你紧密结合的，在你人生重要时刻陪伴你的专辑。当那种类型的专辑显然变成一种危险种类的时候，不得不感谢那些违抗这种潮流的音乐人，他们提供给我们触手可及的杰作，我们现在已经很难再找到更多了。

The New Frontiers就是这样一个站在这一抗争前沿的乐队，同时奉上他们首张专辑《Mending》。他们聪明地用其音乐立言。听觉上，这个一度叫做Stellamaris的乐队呈现了一种更静谧、更内省的独立摇滚的烙印。通过主唱Nathan Pettijohn深情人声的演绎，同时由来自达拉斯的有着同等娴熟乐技的乐团支持，乐队The New Frontiers表现了一种有着高贵质感的音乐，并设法聚合了大量的情感印记。乐队步伐慎重，却从不严肃拘谨，他们的声音同时具备了现代与传统的特点。整盘音乐大餐结合了来自Alt-country、Brit-rock以及Indie-pop（还有其他一些）的个中成分，是一种可以在若乾年间仍受到许多人青睐的音乐混合体。

从专辑首曲“Black Lungs”的强势出现开始，《Mending》就牢牢抓住了听者的注意力，但全然不是使用那种猛力、粗野的方式，而是通过一种希望唤起听者默许的请求的方式。专辑的剩余部分全都是为了巩固了这种概念。无论是在“The Day You Fell Apart”的伤心情绪中，还是在“Man Down”的平静沉思中，The New Frontiers在通向世界舞台的入口处凝聚了大量的辛酸。然而这一切都是必须的，因为欣赏专辑之后的作品需要一定的准备。在听者深入到“Mirrors”中毫不造作的民谣气质、“Passing On”中松散的不插电吉他/假声带来的磁性、“This Is My Home”中的恢宏大气以及“Walking On Stones”中空气般的心情变化之后，就注定发现这不是你所熟悉的电台摇滚。当然这并不是说专辑《Mending》中的歌曲不能为人所接受，而是说他们在他们华丽外表之下维持着一种渊博的深度。

在与国内一些炙手可热乐队同台演出之后，The New Frontiers正泰然自若地以独立的姿态闯将出来，并借助由Matt Goldman制作的首张专辑《Mending》的势头。《Mending》是一场经历了一系列声音与情绪的全面旅程，这种情感被触动的效应是不会立刻消散的。当讨论到专辑时，乐队鼓手Alex Bhore透露道乐队“想要制作一张对他们来说真实的专辑，其中的音乐应该时原态的。”乐队首脑Pettijohn进一步阐述了专辑名称的真是由来，“其中大量歌曲都是关于试图修复些东西，修复自我，修复人与人的关系，感受理解周边的事物。”通过《Mending》，The New Frontiers完全地显现出一种热切的、体现音乐内在疗伤作用的感觉。从没有比这更好的治疗了

"In a time where big beats and big hooks equal big sales, and transience runs rampant throughout the medium, it is becoming ever so difficult to find records that still matter. You know, the ones that affect you. That stick with you. That serve as an underscore to the essential times in your life. While those types of records are certainly becoming an endangered species, there are thankfully those that defy this trend, and work to supply us with the instant classics we so rarely find anymore.

The New Frontiers are a band on the front lines of this battle with their debut full-length offering, Mending; they wisely let their music do the talking. Sonically, the band once known as Stellamaris offers up their take on a quieter, more introspective brand of indie rock. Anchored by singer Nathan Pettijohn’s emotive vocal delivery, and complemented in kind by an equally skilled Dallas-based supporting troupe, The New Frontiers present tunes with a quiet sense of majesty that still manage to pack a colossal emotional footprint. Their pacing is deliberate, but never sedate and their sound is at once both contemporary and traditional. The overall musical stew is one that combines dashes of alt-country, brit-rock, and indie-pop (among others) towards a final mélange sure to win over sets of ears for years to come.

From the opening swells of “Black Lungs,” Mending grabs a hold of its listener, but not at all in a forceful, brutish way. It is instead the type of prompting that begs for acquiescence, and the rest of the LP only cements that notion. Whether it is in the heartbreaking emotion of “The Day You Fell Apart” or the patient reflection of “Man Down,” The New Frontiers pack an abundance of poignancy into their entrance onto the world’s stage. It is all necessary, though, as exposure to the work’s later pieces requires preparation. For as listeners delve into the unassuming anthemics of “Mirrors,” the sparse acoustic/falsetto magnetism of “Passing On,” the sweeping grandeur of “This Is My Home,” and the ethereal moodiness of “Walking On Stones,” it is readily apparent that this is not your typical radio-rock fodder. This is not to say that the tracks on Mending wrestle with issues of accessibility, instead that they maintain a profound depth beneath their lustrous surface appeal.

After sharing the stage with some of the country’s hottest buzz bands, The New Frontiers now seem poised to break out on their own under the strength of their Matt Goldman-produced debut. Mending is a comprehensive journey through a range of sounds and emotions – one whose effect is not soon lost upon those it touches. Discussing the album, drummer Alex Bhore reveals that the band “wanted to make a record that was true to [themselves] and what the songs were in the first place.” Frontman Pettijohn further elaborates how, staying true to the record’s moniker, “a lot of the songs are about trying to fix certain things. Trying to fix yourself, trying to fix relationships with people, trying to make sense of things.” With Mending, The New Frontiers exhibit nothing less than a keen sense of music’s intrinsic healing power. Therapy has never felt better."

01. Black Lungs
02. The Day You Fell Apart
03. Man Down
04. Mirrors
05. Strangers
06. Passing On
07. This Is My Home
08. Walking On Stones
09. Spirit And Skin
10. Standing On A Line
11. Who Will Give Us Love?
12. A New Jones
13. 56 Days


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