【搬运】【译】叉婊Pitchfork评Dogleg 2019年单曲《Fox》

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翻译：Jemma

审译：Tyler Smith

排版：Ryan-Chopin

A clip of Dogleg concert footage resurfaced once the Michigan band started to tease their upcoming Triple Crown debut Melee: It’s a shaky, 26-second recording of the young, scrappy quartet doing their thing, “punch-dancing out our rage” at what sounds like three different tempos. And then, frontman Alex Stoitsiadis tucks his guitar and attempts a cartwheel. He sticks the landing and the humble crowd shouts in approval. That Dogleg had a flair for the spectacular that wasn’t readily apparent on their solid 2016 EP Remember Alderaan?, missing was the will to risk embarrassment and even grave physical injury to capture everything absurd, audacious, and absolutely awesome about Midwestern emo’s capacity for physical catharsis. Something like their new single “Fox.”

Dogleg音乐会的这一段音乐让人想起了 Michigan乐队曾经戏谑Triple Crown初次登上Melee的论调：在这一段26秒、稍带节奏感的曲子中，一个轻狂、不拘小节的四人组合随心演奏，听起来像用了三种不同节奏的拍子“使我们按捺不住想要跳舞的欲望”。主唱 Alex Stoitsiadis放下吉他，做了个后空翻，而后台下观众异口同声的尖叫声席卷而来。Dogleg在他们2016年发行的唱片Remember Alderaan?中还没有显现出来如今这般能够制造精彩盛宴的能力，他们极尽全力打破尴尬，甚至敢于用身体冒险来达到荒诞、大胆和精妙绝伦的效果，就像Midwestern emo音乐那样进行肉体上的宣泄。新曲“Fox”就是对这种能力的一种诠释。

Depending on your age, “Fox” might remind you of Cap’n Jazz, Japandroids, Title Fight, PUP, or probably all four at once, the sort of bands that come around every couple of years playing indie rock at its most hyperbolically anthemic, immediately calling into question the commitment of anyone operating at an even slightly lesser energy. Yet for all of its crowd-pleasing, point-and-shout gestures, “Fox” spends its first two minutes avoiding a traditional chorus or hook, frantically searching for any kind of release as a believably maniacal hometown crowd punch-dances right along with them. And right after the bridge where Stoitsiadis yells about having enough pent-up frustration to disintegrate completely, the point where “Fox” cannot sustain any more anxiety for a second longer, he breaks the tension in the most absurd, audacious and absolutely awesome way possible—he does the fucking cartwheel again. He’ll probably have to do it again at every show for the rest of his life, but more than making “the leap,” “Fox” is Dogleg guitar-wheeling to the next level.

对于老一代人来讲，“Fox”也许能让你回忆起Cap’n Jazz、Japandroids、Title Fight、PUP，或者这四者会一齐涌上心头。这类乐队每几年就会创作出极其夸张而又欢乐的独立摇滚乐，让人质疑那些稍微温和些的的乐曲。 “Fox” 单曲的前两分钟摒弃了传统的副歌形式，曲中也穿插了尖叫呐喊、挑逗观众的动作。他们希望创作出疯狂欢快的乐园，一张使观众情不自禁跟着他们一起跳舞的单曲。就在Stoitsiadis对这种一下就完全释放抑制已久的压抑感的音乐形式评头论足后， “Fox”就一秒也不能再按捺压抑感了。Alex于是又做了一次后空翻，以这种最疯狂、最需要胆量而又最精彩的方式让压抑喷涌而出。他以后的每一场演出也许都会有后空翻展现给我们，但不仅仅只是跳跃的动作，“Fox”将 Dogleg的吉他演奏技能也更上一个台阶了。