新世纪初P2P软件流行的时代认识的纽约团体On!Air!Library!(没写错,有三个叹号,同时没有空格),是姐妹Alejandra Deheza+Claudia Deheza站台,充满灰暗半地下情绪的首张EP被划进Shoegaze范畴——很靠边很靠边,里面有一首特别钟意的《Hush》可谓自杀最佳配乐备选。等到四年后终于出了同名大碟的时候,已经兴趣缺缺。
这种冷落延续到她们三年后以「七铃之校」这种略为中二的名字再出发的时候——她们使用了更丰富的配器和节拍,虽然地下摇滚感仍存,已经半只脚踩在了Synth小流行的新世界。首专《Alpinisms》出街前一年,先行单曲之一《My Cabal》探路。本来一句话解决的问题却发现内里相当复杂:
年份 – 标题 – 厂牌
- 2007 My Cabal (7寸黄胶2曲) (Sonic Cathedral Recordings 英国)
- 2008 Alpinisms (一专) (Ghostly International 美国)
- 2009.05 My Cabal (12寸黑胶5曲) (Ghostly International 美国)
- 2009.06 My Cabal (7寸黑胶2曲) (Full Time Hobby 英国)
- 2010 Disconnect From Desire (二专) (Full Time Hobby 英国)
所以如果我想提「My Cabal这张单曲细碟」的时候,在厂牌变迁和格式爆炸面前是不严谨的。因为今天想说的Robin Guthrie Mix,只存在于2007年那版乐队雏形时代。
Sonic Cathedral Recordings是同名俱乐部衍生出来的个人厂牌,专注于Shoegaze和类近乐风,还出过一张合辑《Cathedral Classics Volume One》,在豆瓣只有极少数铁粉知晓。所以七铃之校那个时候能跟Robin Guthrie扯上点儿关系,放在这种够独立的个人小厂里更显得合情。而且没错,这首歌也收录于以上合辑,哈哈哈。
原曲是首专的收尾,听起来就是个那几年间满街乱跑的轻电子梦流而已,幸得白噪老男人奉上这服迷幻糖,太对得起Shoegaze同门师兄们。至于封面…?那阵子这一系列单曲,都是这般黑里透黄,唯一的区别,是中间的眩眼图案。
My cabal, he sleeps outside
Pulling the shadows over the moonlight
My cabal, won’t you come inside
Forget the darkness if just for one nightPossibilities
Baited with personal inconvenience
Every time he feels
That baited resistance tugging at his sleeve
He struggles to find who
He struggles to see why
He’s weary with a weight
So often confused with authority,
But who’s?He sleeps outside
Pulling the shadows over the moonlightI want to know why
Paper is so different
And what happens once these
Promises incubated hit the air
I want to know why the
Air becomes so thick and impenetrable
And why another set of rules apply, why?My cabal, he sleeps outside
Pulling the shadows over the moonlight
My cabal, won’t you come inside
Forget the darkness if just for night