【搬运】【译】叉婊评Water From Your Eyes 2021年单曲《Quotations》

搬运自：网易云音乐专栏【Music Online Zine Courier】（在原文基础上添加了英语原文与排版调整）

翻译：Beans_Beans

“Puckish” is one way to describe Water From YourEyes, the Brooklyn-based experimental pop project of Nate Amos and RachelBrown. Two years after their 2019 breakthrough, Somebody Else’s Song, the duoreleased a compilation of covers titled—tongue in cheek this time—SomebodyElse’s Songs. The band’s upcoming album, Structure, goes further: Lead single““Quotations”” is a reinterpretation of another album cut with the same title,minus the punctuation marks (their 2019 album played a similar game with thetracks “Look” and “Look Again.”)

“古灵精怪”用来形容这一乐队再好不过了。这一由 Nate Amos 和 Rachel Brown 在布鲁克林组建的双人乐队，在发行了生涯突破性专辑《Somebody Else's Song》两年后，在今年又玩似地发行了翻唱专辑《Somebody Else's Songs》。如今，他们在即将到来的全新专辑《Structure》中更进了一步——专辑的主打歌之一 ""Quotations"" 是对另一张同名专辑（去掉引号后）的重新演绎。（他们19年的专辑中也在 "Look" 和 "Look Again" 两首歌中玩了一个类似的小把戏）

Arriving at the very end of the album, thesprawling track is built atop a bright loop of Brown reciting an indecipherablephrase ad infinitum—maybe this is projection, but it sounds to me like “realityhurts.” Soon, another layer of Brown’s voice joins the fray, weaving togethergossamer thoughts about grassy fields, hazy memories, and “golden sounds.” Thisalone would be perfectly pleasant, but midway through, Water From Your Eyesramp up the sleight of hand, rearranging previously established elements, likethe quietly stuttering drums that had lurked in the background, until the songmorphs into a giddy burst of color. ““Quotations”” sounds seamless: None of theshifting elements feel too abrupt and the satisfying conclusion arisesnaturally. Like any magicians worth their salt, Water From Your Eyes knew howthe trick would end the entire time.

来到专辑的最后一部分，这一冗长的歌曲以 Brown 无穷尽地反复吟诵一个难以理解的短语为基础——可能这仅仅只是一个简单的小规划，但在我听来更像是 "reality hurts"。随即，另一无序的韵律混杂进来，将关于草原、朦胧记忆和“黄金回响”的飘渺思绪编织在一起。单是如此就已经足够令人愉快了，但随着歌曲进行到一半，乐队的手法愈加精妙——重构先前建立的种种元素（例如潜伏在暗处隐隐作响的间断鼓声），直至歌曲最终所演变成的令人眼花缭乱的色彩爆发。 ""Quotations"" 听起是如此的天衣无缝：没有一个元素是突兀或令人不适的存在，美好的尾声应运而生、自然而然地流露出来。就像任何称职的魔术师一样，Water From Your Eyes 永远掌握着这整场演出的核心。