The Naked And Famous | “另类的清新摇滚”

The Naked and Famous took their name from English musician Tricky's song "Tricky Kid",which is ambivalent about the notion of celebrity. 

In the song, Tricky quotes the line "everybody wants to be naked and famous", from The Presidents of the United States of America's song "Naked and Famous".

The Naked and Famous 

一支来自新西兰奥克兰的独立乐队。

Aaron Short(born Aaron Philip Short) 

    –键盘手(2008–present)

Alisa Xayalith

    –主唱， 键盘手 (2008–present)

Thom Powers (born Thomas Brading Powers)

    – 主唱，吉他(2008–present)

David Beadle(born David William Henry Beadle) 

    –贝斯手 (2009–present)

Jesse Wood (born Jesse Peter Wood) 

    –鼓 (2009–present)

2010年12月6号，

The Naked and Famous被BBC's Sound of 2011 提名。

2011年，乐队获得了新西兰音乐大奖的年度最佳专辑、年度最佳单曲、年度最佳组合、年度最佳具有突破精神音乐艺术家、最佳另类专辑和最受群众喜爱音乐艺术家六项提名。

“Young Blood”被用在电视剧《Property Brothers》的宣传片里面，《谍影迷情》，和《The Almighty Johnsons》第四季第三集的大结局等。

而“No Way”、“Girls Like You”、“Bells”等也被广泛用于电影、电视剧、现场表演的背景音乐。

The Naked and Famous本质上是一个摇滚乐队，但融合了噪音流行、合成器流行和Dance—Punk等音乐元素。在一专制作时期，主要乐器以摇滚三大件为主（吉他、贝斯、鼓），这也是其富有特色的一点。

《Passive Me,Aggressive You》 

旋律动人，风格不俗。

inside music的艰深晦涩在这里被另一种清新活泼的悠扬所代替，其中里面的不少歌曲被剪辑到国内综艺节目《花儿与少年》的背景音乐里。如果选择入门这支乐队，从较为通俗的第一部处女专辑来接触，不失为最好的选择和途径。

// YOUNG BLOOD

// PUNCHING IN A DREAM

After recording "All of This", the group then set about recording the single "Young Blood" and their debut album, recording mostly at home and at Auckland studio The Lab. "Young Blood" debuted on the New Zealand chart at number one on 14 June 2010—the first New Zealand artist in three years to do so.

他们的单曲 "Young Blood" 在2010年新西兰音乐榜单中占据榜首（近三年来，这是第一支新西兰的乐队做到如此）。

而专辑中的“Punching In A Dream”也获得了很高的关注度和大众的欢迎。

 《 In Rolling Waves》  

The band settled in Los Angeles in mid-2012 after completing touring for Passive Me, Aggressive You.

They had performed over 200 shows in 24 countries between 2010 and 2012. Sharing a home over the back of Laurel Canyon, they began work on writing and demoing their second album. Their intention was to record an album that could be played live, not relying on backing tracks—something the group had always eschewed.

相较于初出茅庐，带来惊喜的第一张专辑，“重玩套路”的第二张专辑则显得有些“老成不够，稚气未脱”。在音乐体验上并无惊喜，反而有些地方还成了画蛇添足的无用点缀。

而专辑中的“Hearts Like Ours”则延续“清新摇滚、阳光活泼”的编曲风格，则受到一贯好评。

// THIS MACHINE

// NO LIGHT

相比上面的精心制作的专辑，这两张EP则显得较为本真甚至“粗糙”，以至于现在QQ音乐的零评论量仍未被打破。但豆瓣评分未上8分，大家的评论也是一致不高不低，“比起封面音乐却有些失色”，但在有些时候可做氛围音乐。

《Simple Froms》

The Naked and Famous performed at Coachella in 2014. On 20 November 2014, the band announced that they had begun working on a third album.The band began tracking for the album in September 2015. In March 2016, they performed at the Wanderland Music and Arts Festival in Manila.

2016年10月14日，乐队带着第三张专辑回归，继续其另类的摇滚曲风。不少歌迷表示期待已满足，并称赞是“真正更好的专辑”。双主唱的人员配置仍然没有改变，唱摇滚的亚裔女神发出的声音仍然令人惊叹。

其中的热曲“Higher”和“The Runner”可以很明显的更加突出The Naked And Famous在曲风上的肆意与悠扬，也反应了乐队对自己的定位更为准确。

摇滚有时也可以归为“清新”一类，

乐队也可以把摇滚精神转化为正能量，

希望、阳光、一望辽阔、翻山越岭，

还是要在音乐里期待更多的画面。

 "everybody wants to be naked and famous"