【搬运】【译】叉婊Pitchfork评Porridge Radio 2020年单曲《Sweet》

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翻译：Peter.D

审译：WhitneyL

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A gift exchange between a mother and daughter is at the center of “Sweet,” the fourth single from Porridge Radio’s upcoming second album Every Bad. The gift is small—a light-up novelty pen—and the transaction is awkward. “And are you still so depressed?” the mother asks after explaining how the pen works, exercising dominion over a toy if she can’t do the same for her child. Porridge Radio, founded in Brighton in 2015 and helmed by singer-guitarist Dana Margolin, casts the slipperiness of self-formation in stark light, and wavers between pop and punk influences. Their songs are confessional, but without the meandering of a diary entry, made up of focused phrases rather than cluttered explanations.

Porridge Radio即将发行的第二张专辑《Every Bad》中的第四支单曲，“Sweet（甜）”是围绕一位母亲与她女儿之间的一场礼物交换而展开。礼物本身微不足道——一支新奇的可以发光的笔——而交换过程却略显尴尬。“And are you still so depressed?（那你还是那么难过吗？）” 妈妈在解释完如何使用这支笔后如是问道。如果她没法像她妈妈这样对她的孩子，那就由她妈妈来做这项工作。于2015年在布莱顿市成立的乐队Porridge Radio由主唱兼吉他手Dana Margolin领导，乐队游走于流行与朋克两大流派之间，在惨白的灯光里投下自我形成意识的滑腻的影子。乐队的歌曲都是坦率的自白，但并不是像日记那样漫长而乏味；歌词主要是精悍的短句，而不见杂乱冗长的辩解。

On the band’s previous single “Lilac,” Margolin chants “I’m kind, I’m kind, I’m kind,” in an attempt to locate goodness within herself. She’s still trying to manifest virtue on “Sweet.” “I am charming, I am sweet, and she will love me when she meets me,” she sings, with the desperate intensity of someone speaking her desires out loud in order to tether them to something real. It’s as if she were alone in her room and staring into a mirror, wishing she could put on qualities like charm and sweetness as easily as a necklace or a ring. Simple two-note guitar plucking alternates with roaring riffs, just as Margolin’s circular lyrics slip between doubt and affirmation. With its blunt treatment of self-loathing and the stumbling project of overcoming it, “Sweet” sounds like someone screaming herself into existence.

在乐队的上一首单曲“Lilac（丁香）”中，Margolin反复唱着“I’m kind, I’m kind, I’m kind,（我很友善，我很友善，我很友善）”，似乎是要把这份好植入自己的内心。而在“Sweet”中，她仍在试图展示这些美德。她唱着“I am charming, I am sweet, and she will love me when she meets me（我充满魅力，我甜美可人，她遇见我就会喜欢我）,”歌声中充满了极度的渴望——大声喊出自己的欲望、借此把它们寄托给真实的渴望。这就好像她独自一人坐在房间里，久久凝视着镜子里的自己，希望魅力和甜美这样的品质也能像戴上项链或是戒指一样轻松为自己所有。简单的两个吉他音符和轰鸣的连复段不断交替出现，正如Margolin所演唱的循环的歌词在怀疑和确信中不断摇摆。也正是通过这种对自我憎恶的直言不讳以及跌跌撞撞克服它的过程，“Sweet”成为了证明自己存在的呐喊。