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小简介
Uzi And Ari，来自盐湖城的独立摇滚乐队，由Ben Shepard成立于03年，到目前为止总共发行过两张专辑Don't Leave in Such a Hurry和It is Freezing Out。我对他们的印象主要来自于It is Freezing Out这张专辑，展现出乐队独特的一面，其中韵致的电子节拍、柔和的旋律、浓厚的ambient氛围以及Ben Shepard强而有力的歌声更是让我喜爱，专辑里更多的是抑制、痛苦、挫败、困惑。丰富而密集的专辑充满的微妙的，安静的气质是值得我们去关注并且享受的。而08年10月28号发行的这张专辑Headworms是一场与神关于反省的对话。专辑封面似乎有点于专辑的内质不是很搭，我就是看中了这个封套才载下这张专的。飘渺迷蒙的海边，舞动的少女以及残存的影象，象是在轻舞又或者是玩耍。专辑里大多是略带一点实验性质独立摇滚，构成轻快的旋律。而也有Telecaster里的小提琴、钢琴、钟琴合奏的室内流行小曲，多层次的器乐堆砌很好的引导了丰富的情绪。也会有Comforts这样断奏的铜管乐器、小巧的电子节拍的实验氛围。这样说一句吧，尽管他们的配器没有Sigur Ros式的宏伟大气，但是却保持足够的亲近感。推荐的曲目是Missoula，细碎的电子节拍忽然转至急切而热烈的吉他前奏，钟琴点缀在旋律中，通篇在鼓的敲打中行进，Shepard沉溺的嗓音伴随着悠扬的提琴划破耳膜，久久回响在心底。
Uzi and Ari is an American indie rock band based in Salt Lake City, Utah that has received favorable comparisons to artists such as Thom Yorke, Mogwai, The Postal Service, and The Album Leaf.[1][2] Founded by Ben Shepard in 2003, Uzi and Ari has seen many changes in its lineup. The current members of the group include Ben Shepard (vocals, guitar, organ), Andrew Glassett (drums), Catherine Worsham (bass, backing vocals), Garrett Martin (guitar, keyboard), and Ryan Moore (violin, guitar, french horn). Following a month long 2006 tour of the United States, Uzi and Ari was picked up by the European label Own Records, and left on a successful six-week European tour in the Spring of 2007.[3]They are currently recording a new studio album entitled, "Headworms."
History
Uzi and Ari was formed by Ben Shepard (not of Soundgarden fame) in 2003. Shepard had been involved in another group, Oriental Half Price, in Dallas, Texas where he attended high school. He left the band in 2001 to live in Santiago, Chile for two years, and returned to the United States in 2003, relocating to Utah, where he began playing with assorted musicians under the name Uzi and Ari. The band takes its name from the children of Ben Stiller's character in the movie The Royal Tenenbaums, and does not refer to any members of the band (Uzi and Ari was never a duo, as is sometimes mistakenly assumed).
After a short stint in California, Shepard and (then member of the group) Cade Thalman traveled to Shepard's hometown of Dallas, Texas, where they recorded the band's first album, Don't Leave in Such a Hurry, with some local musicians. The album was self-financed and had a limited release, although it was well-reviewed, notably by indie website Music (For Robots) [4], who proclaimed it a "wonderful little album."
The band played mainly local shows in Salt Lake City following Don't Leave in Such a Hurry, with various members of the band coming and going. Shepard continued working on new material, and for the new album chose to record in Utah at the studio of Salt Lake's Crying Girl Records. Crying Girl[5] is a small label run by Blake Henderson of another Utah-based indie group, TaughtMe[6]. Because of its low key nature, Shepard was able to work on Uzi and Ari's second album for a number of months in Henderson's studio, rather than purchasing recording time in a block as he had done for Don't Leave in Such a Hurry. Shepard recorded through the winter of 2005-06, releasing teaser tracks at the band's website[7], which helped create a large online fan base. Finally, in April 2006 the new album It is Freezing Out was released, featuring cover art work by renowned painter Thrush Holmes[8] (also known as "Truman Couture" and "Herman Weiss") who has since used the song "Don't Black Out" in his promotions.
It is Freezing Out featured a different side of the band, including electronic beats, softer sounds, more ambient noise, and stronger vocals from Shepard. Where Don't Leave in Such a Hurry is loud and emotional, It is Freezing Out is more subdued and anguished, featuring songs about failed relationships, inner turmoil, and even a lullaby. The second album was also received well, with one review describing it as "a rich, dense album filled with tiny, quiet moments worthy of careful attention and full engagement,"[9] although some reviewers were less-pleased about the transition from the louder first album.
The band toured the western United States in promotion of this album, playing mainly small venues in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Tijuana, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Kansas, and Colorado. Following the tour Shepard was contacted by the European label Own Records, which had first heard of the group through an online French review of the first album. Own offered to serve as the European face of Uzi and Ari (Own Records is now distributed stateside through Secretly Canadian Distribution), beginning with the band's second album, and financed a European tour in the Spring of 2007. The tour was a great success -- the band played some nights before a crowd of more than one thousand people. In addition to a number of magazine articles written about the band while in Europe, Uzi and Ari played three radio shows in Belgium and Italy, and the band's music videos were put into rotation in Luxembourg, Germany and France.
As of August, 2007 Uzi and Ari have signed to the Japanese label "Friend of Mine Records." The band plan to tour the country in the fall of 2008. Two Uzi and Ari music videos have been put into rotation on MTV Japan.
Uzi & Ari are currently recording their new album "Headworms" set to be released in 2008.
Discography
Albums
Don't Leave in Such a Hurry (Crying Girl Records (U.S.) , 2004)
It is Freezing Out (Crying Girl Records (U.S.) Own Records (Europe), 2006)
Headworms (Own Records (Europe), 2008)
