十年了。

啶真嗣和OICQ，cnnerv(貌似是这个名字，已经无从考证)论坛和九城，还有伴有蝉鸣声的蓝天白云和高压电架剪影，在这个临近暑假的半热不凉的六月一同回来了。莉莉丝换面具了（没记错的话），初号机暴走的声优更敬业了，还有对付钻石使徒时初号机换体位了，有那么一丁点的改变或者不变都会使我感到无比兴奋。“我不知道现在该用什么表情……”“微笑就好。”原来真的很撩人呐！

十年后，终于明白为什么当年论坛的人总是对凌波丽同学的微笑这么纠结——少男情愫所起的暗涌，当年只是小学鸡的我又何尝明了；终于明白为何当时第3话（没记错的话）花10分钟来描绘啶真嗣离家出走的情景——自我挣扎期的少男心中总会有一段火车情结。看着EVA长大的人总是比看着蓝猫长大的人机灵的。当年还自制了人物关系图啊，在论坛精华区翻看什么狗屁使徒故事啊，还差点写同人了。但正如有橙色零号机就必有蓝色零号机一样，EVA也同时毒害了一代人呐。什么箭猪理论，自我剖析，在各位80後奔二了才感受到这简直是童年阴影。因为秀明同学告诉我们：EVA就像生活，驾驶它就是为了别人。所以为何当年亚视要在深夜2点多才敢播出，而直接令到我熟悉地掌握了录像机的定时录像机能，从而间接令到我对其它深夜节目产生久而弥坚的兴趣。当然，EVA的影响之大实在超出各位想像，所牵涉到的音乐美学，蒙太奇应用，象征主义等等，都难以一一在这里复述。总之，EVA，是一出神作。最后，套用断背山中的一句话：每个人心中都有一部福音战士啊。

 Sigur rós 新碟<<með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust>>release on june 23rd

"  Sigur rós will release their fifth lp "með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" june 23rd  

worldwide (june 24th in north america). the album will be available to pre-order on sigurros.com on june 2nd and a live stream of the album will be available on june 9th for those who have pre-ordered.

"með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" was co-produced with the band by renowned producer flood, and was recorded in new york city (at sear sound studios), london (at assault and battery studios and abbey road), reykjavík (at álafoss, the band's studio, as well as a church in reykjavík), and havana, cuba.

the album title is translated into english as "with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly" with the english spelling of the icelandic album title being "med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust"

whereas sigur rós' last release "heima" took the band to their homeland, their newest creation is the first album in the band's career to be made outside of iceland. it is also their first album to feature vocalist jónsi's vocals in english on one track. in addition to the english, one of the album's tracks is sung without lyrics ("hopelandic") and the rest of the tracks are sung in icelandic.

inspired by the unfettered feeling of the acoustic performances filmed during heima, sigur rós decided to adopt a looser approach in the writing and creation of með suð. the material for the album was written, recorded and mixed entirely in 2008 and is being released just one month after its completion. the album glows with the perfect imperfection of live takes, the sounds of fingers playing guitar strings, cracked notes, and a stark, upfront presence not found in previous sigur rós recordings, moving away from reverb-soaked guitar sounds towards something altogether more affecting. the record also contains some of the most joyous music the band has ever recorded.

opener "gobbledigook" sets the tone for með suð í eyrum… with its shifting acoustic guitars, playful vocals, time signature swings and swirling percussion, while "inní mér syngur vitleysingur" ("within me a lunatic sings") sparkles as one of the most anthemic songs sigur rós have ever written. "festival" is epic in its elation and scope, "illgresi" features one of jonsi"s finest vocal melodies over a lone acoustic guitar, and "ára bátur" is the largest musical undertaking in the band's career, as it was recorded live in one take with the london sinfonietta and london oratory boy"s choir, a total of 90 people playing at the same time. the band also utilised the talents of their string-quartet friends amiina, as well as a five-piece brass section on certain tracks. "

今天一上水手就看到这消息，乍一看就奇怪了，这封面貌似哪里见过。经过一番查找，终于找到了源头，原来是一名曰 Ryan Mcginley 的摄影师之作品。但仍在纳闷我在哪里看过她的作品，再者纳闷怎么世界就是这么小。但现在世界就是那么小。你看现在成了world class band了，一出新的就worldwide release，再也不像当年在fat cat时的安分了。其实也就那么3年啊，我怎么在这3年来没有你们变化大呢。看完上面官网对新砖的简介后也更郁闷了。留意黑体字，特别是“acoustic”和“joyous”这两个词，心里又凉了一截——我还是喜欢拉吉他弦的Jonsi。但愿这是一次成功的尝试，毕竟我已经相信他们不再会回到《Agaetis.Byrjun》时的惊艳了。

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