Wear Music #10 Eleanor Friedberger- Last Summer

才從歐洲度假回來的兩個星期，耳朵沒閒著的被新上架音樂給佔據，被倫敦買來的Time out of London週刊評為「沒多少進步」但實際還會是暢銷金曲的超級天團Coldplay新作《Mylo Xyloto》容稍後找到夠驚豔耳朵單曲再介紹，那張由光聽低沉帶有磁性嗓音就會給人很大想像空間的Eleanor Friedberger的創作《Last Summer》就理直氣壯地縈繞在隨時序回到軌道的生活中，果然是從頭棒到尾的一張創作大碟。

原來將一張專輯的每首曲都詮釋的那般淋漓盡致的Eleanor Friedberger並也不是才初試啼聲的新人，她原屬2000年成立的布魯克林兄妹團The Fiery Furnaces，然後樂團還在，她宣布單飛，於是有了2011年秋天的這張《Last Summer》個人之作。過去的The Fiery Furnaces我們沒多太參與，但《Last Summer》專輯內蘊的能量卻是驚憾著耳朵，從其個人特色為最的vocal做為啟動開場曲"My Mistakes"，緊接著的"Inn of the Seventh Ray"、"Heaven"…"I Won't Fall Apart on You Tonight"、"wl's Head Park"…一直到回歸專輯標題的最終曲"A Year Since Last Summer"皆是上乘之作，而我們在蘊含著復古情調的音樂下，細聽著唱進美國或紐約地名的歌詞，所展開不正是一場某種懷舊情懷的很美國 (紐約) 音樂旅程！

也話說Eleanor Friedberger所擁有的低沉嗓音雖然乍聽讓人有些難辨雌雄但卻相當感性，也自然地也引男性們格外遐想，於是就猜她應該正的不得了，找來幾張相片，其素愛走Abba那樣復古路線的造型，「正不正」就每個人自己一把尺，不過我倒覺得挺有個人態度就是了。

更多Time Out of New York為Eleanor Friedberger做的造型專題點這

然後找來Eleanor對媒體表示她單飛的理由："I decided, 'I have to make a solo album. It's now or never,' " she says of the six weeks she took to write the songs on Last Summer, her debut on Merge. "We were at this crazy pace, going, going, going," she says of the band, which she co-pilots with her brother Matt. "I really had to just sit down and put my head down. My brother and I are both firm believers [that] people aren't just struck by inspiration. You really just have to sit down and work. That's how you make an album or write a song." ─ 讓自己的頭沉澱下來，確實讓人看到了她爆發出來的源源不絕創作能量。

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個人最喜歡的"I Won't Fall Apart on You Tonight"


開場曲"My Mistakes"盡享Eleanor Friedberger特色嗓音