New Music 新唱片发行: Chinese Football, The Pump, Nocturnes曳取

Chinese Football - Win & Lose

Wuhan emo torchbearers Chinese Football close out their game-themed trilogy with their strongest, most cohesive and sprawling album yet - Win & Lose. Ambitious in both its melodic subversion of Chinese pop and its embrace of emo rock’s instrumental playfulness, it takes the best parts of the country’s budding indie pop scene and injects genuine pathos within its twinkle. It’s essentially hard-wired to elicit a emotional reaction out of its listeners - which in another band’s hands might come off as shameless - but in the instrumentally swift and deft hands of Chinese Football, it earns its poignant power chorus each and every time. Already a contender for 2023’s album of the year. 

武汉情绪摇滚火炬手 Chinese Football 以他们迄今为止最强大、最具凝聚力和影响力的专辑 Win & Lose  结束了他们的游戏主题三部曲。这张专辑充满雄心，既有对中国流行乐旋律的颠覆，又有对情绪摇滚器乐性的拥抱，它吸收了中国新兴独立流行音乐的最佳部分，并在其中的高光部分注入了真正的悲情。从本质上讲，它是为了引起听众的共情，如果在另一支乐队那里，这样可能会被认为是无耻的，但在 Chinese Football 快速和灵巧的手中，它每次都能赢得情感强烈的合唱。（Win & Lose）已经是 2023 年度最佳专辑的竞争者。

https://chinesefootball.bandcamp.com/album/win-lose

https://music.163.com/#/album?id=157328702

Nocturnes曳取 - Labyrinth

Indietronic outfit Nocturnes, known for their simmering cool-hued yet emotionally rife sound, return with their latest Labyrinth - finding the band at their most cohesive and compelling. Some of this may be to the addition of drummer Yutong, who balances out the act’s more ethereal elements with something more kinetic. At the same time the band seems more comfortable exploring new territory - from the buoyant hip-hop-inflicted verses in ‘饥饿的人’ to the glitch-filled breakdown in ‘November Salvation’ - all the while keeping their singature touch intact as singer Weidu navigates themes of confusion, alienation, and more. 

以缓慢积蓄的冷色声音（却又充满情感）而闻名的独立电子乐队曳取，带着他们最新的专辑 Labyrinth 回来了，展现乐队最具有凝聚力和吸引力的状态。这可能是由于鼓手雨曈的加入，他用更多的动态元素来平衡乐队的空灵感。同时，乐队似乎更乐于探索新的领域——从《饥饿的人》中充满活力的嘻哈诗句到《November Salvation》中充满故障效果的  breakdown --同时他们也保持自己的歌唱要素，歌手萎度在困惑、疏远等主题中游刃有余，引领乐队前行。

https://open.spotify.com/album/1oKBan891ea26oQ47nszB1

https://music.163.com/#/album?id=156845966

The Pump - 众人为你起舞

Hangzhou’s The Pump lays it all out there on their mammoth impressive debut The Crowd Dances for You 众人为你起舞. While elements of new wave, synth pop, alt rock, psych pop, and even 90s era Chinese rock and roll skirt around the edges of the band’s sound the LP has a narrative thrust to it not often seen in the indie scene these days. Rustic, sincere and crafted with grave conviction and a bittersweet yearning - it's art rock with an undercurrent of Mandopop twisted in on itself - echoing everyone from The Gar, New Pants and Low Wormwood whilst building its own identity. 

杭州的 The Pump 乐队在他们令人印象深刻的首张专辑《众人为你起舞》中把一切都展现了出来。尽管新浪潮、合成器流行、另类摇滚、迷幻流行，甚至 90 年代的中国摇滚乐元素都在乐队声音边缘徘徊，但这张唱片有一种叙事推力，这今天的独立音乐场景中并不常见。朴实、真诚，带着严肃的信念和苦乐参半的愿景--这是华语流行的暗流缠绕的艺术摇滚--与嘎调、新裤子和低苦艾的所有人相呼应，同时建立起自己的身份。

https://open.spotify.com/album/4NZFC6yU0v5uj5WoRbdBjZ

https://music.163.com/#/album?id=156151985

Translated by: Aling

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