【搬运译】Pitchfork评Car Seat Headrest 2018年单曲"Nervous Young Inhumans"

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：豆目豆科

On the 2011 recording of “Nervous Young Inhumans,” Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo took a break from singing to explain his SAT-level word choice in the chorus: “galvanistic.” “Galvanism is the concept of the obsolete scientific theory that there was a kind of electricity flowing through our bloodstreams,” Toledo deadpanned over a blasé bass line. The glossed-up re-release of the track, which ranks among the poppiest songs in Toledo’s catalog, features no such explanation. It even omits that mouthful “galvanistic” line altogether.

在2011年录制“Nervous Young Inhumans”时，Car Seat Headrest的Will Toledo在演唱的间隙解释道他在副歌中SAT级别的词汇选择——“galvanistic”。Toledo用淡漠的低声线死板地说道：“Galvanism is the concept of the obsolete scientific theory that there was a kind of electricity flowing through our bloodstreams.” 这首歌在Toledo的歌曲列表中是那种最流行的歌曲之一，但经过粉饰后重新发行的这首歌却不再能再把它归入流行阐释的范畴内。它甚至完全抛弃了那一拗口的“Galvanistic”。

Of all the refurbished songs on Twin Fantasy, the 2011 Bandcamp album remade for a forthcoming release on Matador, “Nervous Young Inhumans” might benefit most from the new polish. Toledo swaps out the original’s anemic guitar riff for a sparkling, robust tone that throws a glam rock sheen on his fevered power-pop. That shift in fidelity leads him to sound a lot like the Killers, though he stops just short of adopting Brandon Flowers’ vocal bombast. If “Nervous Young Inhumans” edges close to glam rock, it's the shyest glam possible, a tortured internal monologue screamed beneath a broken disco ball. Toledo isn’t dancing with anyone; he’s just remembering what it felt like to want to dance with someone long after the party's over, “You never lifted your voice/You never raised your hands/You never showed me your inhuman,” he sings. This might be an ode to deflated desire, but its soaring melodies and pounding drums play like a hunger that’s been fully realized.

在为即将在Matador发行的2011年Bandcamp专辑《Twin Fantasy》重录的所有曲目中，“Nervous Young Inhumans”可能在这轮翻新中所得的效果最好。Toledo把原来贫血一样干巴巴的吉他riff换成了更为闪亮、强劲的音韵，为他狂热的力量流行乐带来了迷惑摇滚的光泽。这种保真度上转变使他最终的成品听起来很像the Killers，尽管他并未采用Brandon Flowers的爆炸式声乐。若说“Nervous Young Inhumans”接近于迷惑摇滚，那也是最为内敛的魅力，讲述的是在一个破碎的迪斯科球下无能狂怒时痛苦的内心独白。Toledo不会尝试和任何人共舞；他只是在派对结束后，回忆起渴望同某人共舞的感觉。他唱道：“You never lifted your voice/You never raised your hands/You never showed me your inhuman.”这可能是一首歌颂欲望破灭的赞歌，但它高涨饱满的旋律和轰隆的鼓声却又完全再现了这种渴求。