姓名: Sibrydion 英文名:- 性别:- 国籍:欧美 出生地:- 语言:- 生日:- 星座:- 身高:- 体重:-
There are reasons why Sibrydion, Welsh for "whispers", sound a bit – well, a lot – like Super Furry Animals: brothers Osh and Mei – whose previous band Big Leaves' single Racing Birds was so good that Mark Radcliffe played it on air twice in a row – have contributed to Gruff Rhys's solo albums, and their near-concept album, Campfire Classics, their first English-language affair, was mixed by SFA's Cian Ciaran. They share some influences with SFA and their London counterparts High Llamas, particularly Burt Bacharach and his lush score for Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and the more lyrical soundtracks for spaghetti westerns: the opening track of their LP, God Forgives, I Don't, is the title of one such movie from 1967, while other songs on Campfire Classics include Desperados, about a lone ranger who loses his way in life. Lyrically, Sibrydion take their cue from such Sergio Leone-style themes as betrayal and redemption, and they call what they do "Django folklore" after another mid-60s spaghetti western, although they don't just do macho loners hiding broken hearts and yearning for lost love (as per CC tracks Summer's Gone and Bleeding Heart): Praying for Rain is a line the Pope used for a speech during the hot summer of 2003 in which he asked God for water from the skies (we think he meant rain), and Rosalynn was inspired by an article Sibrydion's singer read while in Buenos Aires about a young salsa dancer girl who committed suicide. Cheerful stuff. But then, Sibrydion do the upbeat music/downbeat text thing with aplomb.With their love of the Wild West and their musical and lyrical inspirations, no wonder they come on like an ultra-melodic Crazy Horse, an appealing blend of bubblegum and country, or on some tracks like distant cousins of Last Shadow Puppets' mariachi pop. After the Morricone-esque instrumental opener God Forgives, I Don't, second track Coupe [sic] De Grace bursts out of the traps like a cartoon version of something from Love's Forever Changes, only with pounding piano and glam-era "la la la"s, the vocals delivered with that mixture of the seductive and sardonic that we've come to recognise from SFA records. With its castanets and Spanish guitar, Praying for Rain is a fast-paced shuffle with an aching melody, while Violent Light is gentler, Simon & Garfunkel-ier. But it's Femme Mental, record of the week both on Stuart Maconie/Mark Radcliffe's Radio 2 and Huw Stephens's Radio 1 shows, that has been chosen for single release, and you can hear why: it's got the yee-haw infectiousness and honky-tonk stomp of a garish chart novelty knees-up like Iko Iko. It's not all Gringo groove-rock – there's a thunderous male Welsh choir at the climax to Rosalynn, reprised sensibly enough on album closer Reprise – but it's all pretty lively and lovely.