Kids Talk Sun＜Colored Vinyl/限定盤＞

ポルトガルで熟成されたエクスペリメンタルセンス!!凍てつきつつ少し朗らかな音像の最新作!

ポルトガルはリスボンで結成された男女デュオCAMILA FUCHS。最新作となる「KIDS TALK SUN」はプロデューサーにSONIC BOOM名義で復活を果たしたPETER KEMBERを迎え、さらなるポップな境地へ挑んだ快作!!

BJORKやADELE系のボーカルで意外とポップなメロディーを唄い上げ、終始鳴る信号音的SEが宇宙を漂っている風に錯覚するミニマムエレクトロニカナンバー『SUN』、寂しさを醸すシンセと打ち込みが徐々に拡がって行き後半の太いベース音登場でもっとサウンドスケープを増す冷え冷えエクスペリメンタルソング『GLOSS TRICK』と既に強烈な曲がドロップされている本作。そこにプロデュースを務めたSONIC BOOMの最新作で遺憾無く発揮されたポップにまとめる手法が至る所に散らばっています!波打ったジャケットや紅いMVで音像を表現するところもバシッと成功しています!

BJORKやSONIC BOOM、FEVER RAYのメインストリームとしてのエクスペリメンタルサウンドが好きな方やLAUREL HALO、HOLLY HERNDONのとことん我が道を行くタイプが好きな方まで両方どうぞ!

Camila Fuchs third album seems more focused than their first two, yet retains the spontaneous, unpredictable qualities that made the duos previous work so intriguing. Camila de Laborde and Daniel Hermann-Collini recorded the album in the hills near Lisbon with producer/mixer Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3), who ensures that the tracks are vibrant and sonically detailed. Its not completely accurate to say that these songs are more immediate than the pairs earlier material, as they still tend to slowly unfold and reveal themselves, but there are certain vocal melodies or lyrics that leave more of an impression this time. One such moment is the sweet, wispy refrain during the slow-burning psychedelic trip-hop of Moons Mountain, which helps ease the listener into the duos dreamworld near the beginning of the record. Other tracks are much darker, such as the abrasive, sludgy Roses and the haunting, lonely Sandstorm, with its stark, striking cry of It shouldnt have been me who told her. While most of the songs rhythmically drift and pulsate, Come About feels a bit more grounded due to its shuffling breakbeat, although it gradually drifts off into the ether. Mess demonstrates the duos ability to craft dramatic, aching ballads that seem to double as out-of-body experiences, while Pool of Wax contains some of the albums most vividly poetic lyrics. ~ Paul Simpson