독립레이블의 최종 진화, 서브 팝! New days of Sub Pop with Beatball Music
90년대 초반 전 세계 음악씬을 뒤흔들었던 그런지 열풍의 근원지. 사운드 가든(Soundgarden), 너바나(Nirvana), 머드허니(Mudhoney) 의 이름이 가장 먼저 자리한 곳, 2008년 20주년을 맞이한 인디 레이블의 모범사례 서브 팝(Sub Pop)이 스타일 만점의 비트볼 레코드와 만났다! 비트볼 레코드에서 소개하는 "Sub Pop is Now!", 그 첫 번째 컴필레이션!
서브 팝의 새로운 얼굴들을 대표하는 아티스트 5팀 총 출동!
* CSS 비욘세(Beyonce)의 “섹시 하게 살기 너무 힘들어요. (I'm Tired Of Being Sexy)”를 포르투갈어로 풀어낸 CSS (Cansei De Ser Sexy, 칸세이 지 세르 섹시)는 서브 팝에 뉴-레이브 바람을 몰고 온 현재 가장 ‘핫’한 밴드이다! 2006년 셀프 데뷔작 공개 후 iTunes의 CF에 삽입되는 등 많은 사랑을 받으며 페스티벌을 휘젓고 다닌 그들이 2008년 드디어 두 번째 앨범 <Donkey>를 발매했다. 물론 센스만점!
* dThe Shins 팝송 전문점처럼 맛깔 나는 멜로디를 뽑아내는 신즈! 월드와이드 100만장 기록과 함께 그래미 노미네이트의 영광을 안겨준 세 번째 앨범 <Wincing the Night Away>의 히트송이 실렸다. 쉽지만 아무나 덤빌 수 없는 3분 팝송의 미학을 보여준 그들, 제임스 머서는 정말 천재인걸까?!
* Wolf Parade 2005년 최고의 신인 밴드로 꼽히며 서브 팝의 새로운 얼굴을 이어간 울프 퍼레이드. 소포모어작 <At Mount Zoomer>까지 성공으로 장식하며 록페스티벌의 얼굴로 떠오르고 있다. 비트볼 서브 팝 4번째 시리즈의 주인공으로 소개될 예정이다.
* Band Of Horses 밴드 오브 호시즈는 서브팝의 조력자 역할과 함께 록의 전통을 훌륭하게 계승하는 두 가지 역할을 도맡고 있다. 정점을 맞이한 서던 록 스타일을 보여준 2집 <Cease to Begin>을 주목하자! 그 발전은 벤 버드웰(Ben Birdwell)의 목소리만큼이나 근사하다. 올 여름 섬머 소닉, 워히터 등을 달궈놓은 사운드가 여기 있다.
* Fleet Foxes 컴필레이션 내 밴드들 중 제일 신선한 얼굴인 플릿 폭시스. 이번 해 셀프 타이틀을 발매하고 ‘애니멀 콜렉티브와 비치보이스의 만남’이라는 호평과 함께 시애틀 밴드로의 자존심을 지켜나가고 있다. 현재 Q 매거진 2008년 ‘신인상’과 ‘최고의 앨범’ 두 부분에 노미네이트된 상태!
* Iron & Wine 전직 영화학과 교수, 샘 빔의 원맨 프로젝트 아이언 앤 와인. 소박한 멜로디부터 힘찬 밴드 음악까지 앨범을 거듭할수록 새로운 모습을 보여주시는 샘 교수님은 현재 가장 소중한 뉴 포크의 시인으로 꼽힌다. 게다가 아트워크, 뮤직비디오 제작도 직접 하신다. 만능 재주꾼이 따로 없다.
* The Postal Service 우편을 통해 주고받은 음악들. 데스 캡 포 큐티(Death Cap for Cutie)의 벤 기버드(Ben Gibbard)와 디앤텔(Dntel)의 지미 탬보렐로(Jimmy Tamborello) 가 만났다! 그리고 일렉트로니카 최고의 러브송 ‘Such Great Heights’가 탄생했다. .... ....
Baby, you've got me thinking About the things I left behind A suitcase in Helsinki And your things I wanna set on fire (set on fire)
I realized that you've been lying And no matter how hard I try I won't be able to forget this Cause this is very deep inside
Baby, what I left behind What I left behind Left Behind
So I will fly back to Helsinki and even stay there for a while Gonna get my things back Gonna get some fun then drink till I pass out I'm gonna jump onto the table and dance my ass off till I die I'm gonna hopefully forget you and quit those nightmares I've been having Every night, every day, it's the same, so hard to explain A million pounds won't be enough to make me stare back at your face
That's why I left behind Left behind What I left behind Left behind
Every night, every day, it's the same, so hard to explain A million pounds won't be enough to make me stare back at your face
Baby, you've got me thinking (x2)
Baby, you've got me thinking About the things I left behind A suitcase in Helsinki And your things I wanna set on fire (set on fire) I'm gonna jump onto the table and dance my ass off till I die And then I hopefully forget you and quit those nightmares I've been having
Every night, every day, it's the same, so hard to explain A million pounds won't be enough to make me stare back at your face Every night, every day, it's the same, so hard to explain A million pounds won't be e nough to make me stare back at your face
I'll put my ear on your chest To hear the message that, your body feeds me back I'm goint to eat up your food To try to feel what is that, that music feels to you
(chorus) Kiss you in the far above Dark, take you in my roof Look at it, I know it's true Look at it, I know it's true Dark, take you in my roof Kiss you in the far above
I believe that love was created just for me and you People say it's not, but I know it's true (x2)
Believe achieve (x6)
I'm going to wear your shoes today Walk around the block here, what your neighbours have to say? I'm gonna wear up your boots To know what you were thinking, when your body didn't move
(chorus) Kiss you in the far above Dark, take you in my roof Look at it, I know it's true Look at it, I know it's true Dark, take you in my roof Kiss you in the far above
I believe that love was created just for me and you People say it's not, but I know it's true (x2)
Share with me your moments of glory Tell me, tell me, tell, you sad, sad sorries What did you say in the craft rooms? How did you behave as a teen in high school? I'm gonna take your eyes, usem them as a seed Grow up a tree on the balcony
I believe that love was created just for me and you People say it's not, but I know it's true (x4)
Well, into the desert we must go So into the desert we go Call it a ritual Call it whatever you will
And you will grow out of me As naturally as branches from a tree Call it a ritual Call it whatever you will But you know they will swing Swing their swords for show While you turn your flower pedals so slow
You said the desert will eat us alive I said I make the decisions You just drive You just drive
And I saw the windmill raise from the ground And I heard the wind come creeping around Call it an act of easy mercy To tear the structure down Call it whatever you will
Call it whatever you will 'Cause you know they will swing Swing their swords for show While you turn your flower pedals so slow
But I am amazed at how they go I am amazed at how they go I am amazed at how they go
So call it whatever you will
Call it a ritual Call it whatever you will 'Cause you know they will swing Swing their swords for show
I was following the pack, All swallowed in their coats With scarves of red tied 'round their throats To keep their little heads From fallin' in the snow And I turned 'round and there you go. And, Michael, you would fall, And turn the white snow Red as strawberries in the summertime.
She says "wake up, it's no use pretending" I'll keep stealing, breathing her. Birds are leaving over autumn's ending One of us will die inside these arms Eyes wide open, naked as we came One will spread our ashes 'round the yard
She says "If I leave before you, darling Don't you waste me in the ground" I lay smiling like our sleeping children One of us will die inside these arms Eyes wide open, naked as we came One will spread our ashes round the yard
I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles In our eyes are mirror images and when We kiss they're perfectly aligned And I have to speculate that God himself Did make us into corresponding shapes like Puzzle pieces from the clay And true, it may seem like a stretch, but Its thoughts like this that catch my troubled Head when you're away when I am missing you to death When you are out there on the road for Several weeks of shows and when you scan The radio, I hope this song will guide you home They will see us waving from such great Heights, 'come down now,' they'll say But everything looks perfect from far away, 'come down now,' but we'll stay... I tried my best to leave this all on your Machine but the persistent beat it sounded Thin upon listening And that frankly will not fly. You will hear The shrillest highs and lowest lows with The windows down when this is guiding you home