樂(lè)隊(duì)簡(jiǎn)介
The Hampdens是一個(gè)現(xiàn)代的澳大利亞獨(dú)立(indie)樂(lè)隊(duì),因他們文學(xué)性的歌詞而出名。原本在西澳大利亞的佩斯(Perth)組建,但回來(lái)以Melboune為樂(lè)隊(duì)的基地。樂(lè)隊(duì)的名字來(lái)自于唐娜·塔特(Donna Tartt)的處女作小說(shuō)《校園秘史(The Secret History)》。小說(shuō)中提到過(guò)漢普登大學(xué)(Hampden College)。書(shū)中講述一群大學(xué)生被卷入了一場(chǎng)異教徒的禮拜。樂(lè)隊(duì)由Susannah Legge (vocals)、Gavin Crawcour (guitar/bass)、Jules Hewitt (keys)組成,2002年創(chuàng)建于西澳洲珀斯(Perth, Western Australia),現(xiàn)在常駐墨爾本。
The Hampdens曾與Ben Lee, Evermore, John Mayer, Ray LaMontagne, Thirsty Merc, Sarah Harmer, george, Rob Thomas, Missy Higgins等藝人表演過(guò)。2003年8月,他們獨(dú)立發(fā)表了首張EP《Brightness Falls》,在兩周內(nèi)就賣光了第1批唱片。2004年5月,SONY公司發(fā)行了他們第2張EP《Even World》。2005年8月,由獨(dú)立廠牌Rubber Records發(fā)行了第3張EP《So Young It Hurts》
2008年5月,The Hampdens發(fā)表了首張專輯《The Last Party》。
The Hampdens music is about absence, loss, disillusionment,nuclear anxiety, unreachable glamour, burnt out Sundays, and life as a social suicide? but then again it’s also about beauty, youth, hope, re-enchantment, the washed-out dream-like promise of suburbia, falling asleep on the lawn in the
sunshine, a stranger calling your name in the night, and plunging your hands in the warm earth.
樂(lè)隊(duì)成員
主唱:Susannah Legge
吉他/貝司:Gavin Crawcour
鍵盤(pán):Jules Hewitt
專輯
《Brightness Falls》 ( 2003)1. The Belljar (Summer In The Hampdens)
2. Croupier
3. Rollin On
4. Ambre Solaire
5. No Relief Without The Waves
6. 4Real
《Even World》(2004)
1. Hype, The
2. Wayward
3. Mechanics of Life
4. Star
5. Afraid to Merge
6. Sequins
7. Even World
《So Young It Hurts》 (2005)
1. So Young It Hurts
2. Philip Johnson Homes
3. Hype
4. Atomised
5. Star
6. English Skies
《The Last Party》(2008)
1. The Belljar (Summer In The Hamptons) 4:13
2. Generation Y 3:57
3. Hands In The Ground 3:47
4. Asleep On The Lawn 4:05
5. The Hype 3:48
6. Forget To Begin 4:43
7. Croupier 3:16
8. The Last Party 4:08
9. Far Away 3:49
10. Social Suicide 3:43
11. Burnt Out Sundays 3:43
12. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight 4:13
13. Miami 4:05
14. Lucky Man 4:24