Forests 森林新专辑“Idol Collapse”内地巡演|163

Forests 森林 -Dead Species

台北时间22点，夜空下的氤氲青年，犹如这个城市的神秘精灵，深处竟然传来潮声，原是他眼中的一抹光。他们就像虾米音乐评论栏里写的那样“要用文字描述 Forests 森林合唱乐团是件非常困难的事，就像在面对一座真正的森林时，你不会说：这是第一棵树，左边那棵是他的表哥，后面那一整排都是不好相处的邻居。你会瞪大双眼，心中赞叹着：哇，森林！”
今年八月，Forests将带着一张塞满巧思的新专辑来到你面前，他们可以通过最独道的“森林演绎法”表达复杂浑厚的声响，他们可以站上台就让在场所有人仿佛来到另外一片诡状殊形的天空，他们可以在音乐停下来后，让所有人在休止符中深刻感受到年青一代对创作始终怀有理想主义的热情。

新专辑 IDOL COLLAPSE

特定的情绪、图像、声响暗伏着，在不经意时袭来，如同梦境中的象征。突如其来的回忆断片、不由自主从脑中提取记忆的相似事物，及种种不断提示着你曾可能成真，及已成真的现实之线索。一丝火光、一瞬目光、一点闪光。无惧的凝视深渊，熟悉的深渊即会回看。认知、递归、内化。

Left Hand Path推出Forests森林第二张黑胶专辑《IDOL COLLAPSE》，收录Jon Du、国宏及尊龙共同创作，总长36分钟的八首曲目。想像凝视着一朵正在绽放的花，在你回神意识到时已开展成铺天盖地的蘑菇云，这是张有意识地渗透听者每一丝神经的专辑，既是捻捆的双螺旋、闭锁的循环，又在每次轮回产出新声。

母带后制由加州旧金山Room 5 Studios的Mark Pistel担纲。精装复古黑胶包装，视觉设计由Wang Yu操刀，Nathan Rickard及Allen Chiu排版。

Certain feelings, visions, and sounds recur to us as if in dreams. Flashes of recall, hints of remembrance, suggestions of what could have been, or what may yet still be. A spark — a glimpse — a glimmer. We gaze into the abyss, fearless; the abyss gazes back, familiar. Cognition — recursion — immanence.

Left Hand Path presents the second full-length LP, IDOL COLLAPSE, from Forests 森林. Written by Jon Du, Kuo-Hung Tseng, and Zun Long in Taipei, Taiwan. Eight songs in 36 minutes that unfurl like a flower and expand like a mushroom cloud, designed for utter osmosis and total absorption. The helix twists; the loop is closed. The cycle begins anew.

Mastered by Mark Pistel at Room 5 Studios, San Francisco, California. Produced in a deluxe gatefold vinyl edition with artwork by Wang Yu and design, layout by Nathan Rickard and Allen Chiu. Released worldwide late July.

FORESTS 森林

Jon、国国、尊龙组成森林。组团初期，他们像是写完吉他曲，再从顶上抛到道面上，甜美残破的令人心痛。慢慢地，“节奏”站到他们创作的最前面，沉稳与狂妄相互穿插叫嚣，斯像是在耳朵后埋伏、跟踪，紧随在一侧的，俨然是带着旋律的打击乐器，顶上飘荡的电噪声相互冲撞，炸出再也停不下的巨响。所有暗巷中的酒吧（那些坏胚的停泊处），都应该从广播里放出这座暗黑的森林（虽然这不太可能发生）。森林之所以特殊，是因为他们从没想过要听起来像哪个团。他问「要怎样把鼓敲得像是在砍骨头？」、「能不能丢掉吉他但是变得很吵？」，然后再回答。

Forests are Jon, Kuo Kuo, and Zun Long. When the band started out, they took irresistibly catchy guitar pop and threw it down a flight of stairs. But slowly, subtly, they pushed rhythm to the forefront, steady one moment, spiraling into polyrhythmic solos the next. Bass lines lurk in the b(ck of your ears, sounding almost like tuned percussion. Crashing waves of electronic noise mask a booming voice. In ( bar on a dark street where people are doing bad things, Forests are what they should be listening to, but probably arent. What makes Forests so special is that they never ask “How can we sound like this other band?” but instead, “What would happen if the drums sounded like hacking bones? What would happen if we got rid of the guitar and built everything again?”

"We've said it many times before, but the best album discoveries are the onesthat come totally out of nowhere. Forests came to us on a tip from a friend, a Taiwanese band with little in the way of press or internet presence, and oneminute into the first track we heard and we were hooked. Think "Mix Up" era Cabaret Voltaire but with the a drummer that falls somewhere between theskeletal pulse of Disappears and the repurposed junk-drumming ofEinsturzende Neubauten. A lysergic swirl of strange, effects-laden synths andelectronics, dark, brooding post-punk bass lines, hypnotic rhythms, andmonotone vocals, all with a kind of outsider approach that makes you wonderif they've even heard the bands they sound like." - Aquarius Records

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Forests森林新专辑“Idol Collapse"中国巡演

8月2日 20:30 MAO Livehouse广州

地址：广州市海珠区新港东路1088号六元素体验天地一层

嘉宾：無高潮Nein or Gas Mus

预售100/现场120

8月3日 20:30 B10 Live

地址：南山区华侨城创意园北区C2栋北侧

嘉宾：Simon Frank

预售100/现场120

8月4日 20:30 MAO Livehouse重庆

地址：重庆市渝中区较场口日月光中心商场L1 B013