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Amen & Goodbye

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発売日 2016年04月06日
国内/輸入 輸入
レーベルMute/Traffic
構成数 1
パッケージ仕様 -
規格品番 CDSTUMM387
SKU 5051083103107

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:39:26
Always challenging themselves and their listeners with a shifting musical paella of contrasting timbres and style influences, Yeasayer were joined by drummer Joey Waronker of Atoms for Peace in a production role during the late stages of their fourth studio album, Amen & Goodbye. In keeping with the bricolage aspect, the recording also features performances from a diverse selection of guests, including folk singer Suzzy Roche and guitar virtuoso Steve Marion aka Delicate Steve (both appear on "Gerson's Whistle"). What proves to be a trademark of the album is introduced in a prologue-type track, the nearly two-minute "Daughters of Cain." Razor-sharp vocal harmonies reminiscent of "Bohemian Rhapsody" settle in for appearances throughout, and also set the stage for an out-of-time convergence of the past and -- via outer spacy, mechanical synth textures -- the future. The sprawling "I Am Chemistry" offers an album snapshot, incorporating sunny harmonies, as well as '80s keyboard tones, 2010's otherworldly effects, acoustic instrumentation, a children's choir, and the timeless noise of hammering. Compared to prior LPs, there are fewer hints of R&B and more of John Lennon on Amen & Goodbye. World rhythms and scales are also woven into the design, as is customary for the band, such as the Middle Eastern influence apparent on "Half Asleep." Most of the tunes are discernible and dancy, such as on the new wavy "Dead Sea Scrolls" and catchy "Cold Night," though Yeasayer makes room for songs like the elegant, more explorative "Prophecy Gun;" the Beatlesque, Theremin-graced ballad "Uma;" and the trippy and percussive "Divine Simulacrum." Typical of the album and how it plays with expectations, the half-minute "Computer Canticle I" features whirring synths but also earthy, acoustic drums, at once evoking tribal plains and space sirens. This combining of the human-organic and the quirky-mechanical not only rewards repeat listens, but ultimately fascinates with warm alienation. ~ Marcy Donelson

  1. 1.[CDアルバム]
    1. 1.
      Daughters of Cain

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    2. 2.
      I Am Chemistry

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    3. 3.
      Silly Me

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    4. 4.
      Half Sleep

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    5. 5.
      Dead Sea

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    6. 6.
      Prophecy Gun

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    7. 7.
      Computer Canticle 1

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    8. 8.
      Divine Simulacrum

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    9. 9.
      Child Prodigy

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    10. 10.
      Gerson's Whistle

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    11. 11.
      Uma

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    12. 12.
      Cold Night

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

    13. 13.
      Amen & Goodbye

      アーティスト: Yeasayer

作品の情報

メイン
アーティスト: Yeasayer

商品の紹介

2012年の『フレグラント・ワールド』に次ぐ4枚目となる本作は、アトムス・フォー・ピースやベックのドラマーでも知られるジョーイ・ワロンカーとバンドによる共同プロデュース作品。またシングル「アイ・アム・ケミストリー」では、伝説的なフォーク・シンガーであるザ・ローチェスのスージー・ローチェが参加している。本作は、デジタルに特化したアプローチから離れ、ニューヨーク北部のOutlier Inn スタジオでアナログ録音、その後一旦全ての音源を解体してから完成させるというプロセスを経るため、それに最も相応しいプロデューサーとしてジョーイ・ワロンカーが迎えられた。新作のサウンドは、彼らのモットーでもある、"自分たちが未だやったことがないサウンド" となっている。アートワークは、バンドの熱烈なリクエストにより、NYを代表する彫刻家、デヴィッド・アルトメイド(David Altmejd)によって制作された。
発売・販売元 提供資料(2016/04/07)

Clash - "AMEN & GOODBYE sees them, for the most part, at their delirious and playful best....This is perhaps best encapsulated by the superb one-two punch of 'I Am Chemistry' and 'Silly Me'."
Rovi

Always challenging themselves and their listeners with a shifting musical paella of contrasting timbres and style influences, Yeasayer were joined by drummer Joey Waronker of Atoms for Peace in a production role during the late stages of their fourth studio album, Amen & Goodbye. In keeping with the bricolage aspect, the recording also features performances from a diverse selection of guests, including folk singer Suzzy Roche and guitar virtuoso Steve Marion aka Delicate Steve (both appear on "Gerson's Whistle"). What proves to be a trademark of the album is introduced in a prologue-type track, the nearly two-minute "Daughters of Cain." Razor-sharp vocal harmonies reminiscent of "Bohemian Rhapsody" settle in for appearances throughout, and also set the stage for an out-of-time convergence of the past and -- via outer spacy, mechanical synth textures -- the future. The sprawling "I Am Chemistry" offers an album snapshot, incorporating sunny harmonies, as well as '80s keyboard tones, 2010's otherworldly effects, acoustic instrumentation, a children's choir, and the timeless noise of hammering. Compared to prior LPs, there are fewer hints of R&B and more of John Lennon on Amen & Goodbye. World rhythms and scales are also woven into the design, as is customary for the band, such as the Middle Eastern influence apparent on "Half Asleep." Most of the tunes are discernible and dancy, such as on the new wavy "Dead Sea Scrolls" and catchy "Cold Night," though Yeasayer makes room for songs like the elegant, more explorative "Prophecy Gun;" the Beatlesque, Theremin-graced ballad "Uma;" and the trippy and percussive "Divine Simulacrum." Typical of the album and how it plays with expectations, the half-minute "Computer Canticle I" features whirring synths but also earthy, acoustic drums, at once evoking tribal plains and space sirens. This combining of the human-organic and the quirky-mechanical not only rewards repeat listens, but ultimately fascinates with warm alienation. ~ Marcy Donelson|
Rovi

輪廻転生を意識したような"I Am Chemistry"の奇天烈PVも話題の、4年ぶりとなるアルバム。従来のデジタル・サウンドから一転、アナログ録音→解体→再構築という工程で作られていて、牧歌的かつノスタルジックな空気が全体を支配している。が、アニコレにも比肩するゴッタ煮感や意表を突く展開に、人懐っこい歌パートを溶け込ませ、サイケ・ポップへと昇華する持ち味もきちんと発揮。まったく隙のない一枚だ。
bounce (C)青木正之
タワーレコード(vol.389(2016年3月25日発行号)掲載)

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