If These Trees Could Talk

美國(guó)的俄亥俄州阿克倫是一個(gè)盛產(chǎn)后搖滾樂隊(duì)的地方，像The Six Parts Seven,、Silencio,和 Mortimur等樂隊(duì)皆出自于此，If These Trees Could Talk也不例外。
在初期的小試牛刀之后，樂隊(duì)09年的全新專輯《Above The Earth, Below The Sky》由他們自己獨(dú)立發(fā)行，一經(jīng)推出就得到了樂迷的一致好評(píng)。深受Mogwai、Red Sparowes和Explosions In The Sky等前輩影響的If These Trees Could Talk，其音樂還是扎根于傳統(tǒng)后搖滾之上，并徹底舍棄了人聲。如唱片名《Above The Earth, Below The Sky》所言，整張專輯描繪的亦是一幅癲狂的景象，像是在天地之間掀起的巨浪，奔騰不息，欲罷不能。激昂的節(jié)奏是專輯給人的第一印象，緊湊莊重，回蕩迂回，有時(shí)卻戛然而止，便像天際坍塌、萬物重生一般。
傳統(tǒng)的三大件模式并沒有限制樂隊(duì)的創(chuàng)作力，反而讓Jeff Kalal 、Cody Kelly、Mike Socrates的三把吉他發(fā)揮出咄咄逼人的氣勢(shì)。盡管后搖滾音樂屢屢遭到世人的懷疑，甚至讓人一度以為它就要走到盡頭，但每每有這種質(zhì)疑時(shí)，總能有一些樂隊(duì)挺身而出，甚至無需在形式上有所創(chuàng)新，就用旋律和節(jié)奏打造了讓人信服的篇章，這實(shí)在讓人欣喜。不難說，《Above The Earth, Below The Sky》就足以叫人如愿，無論是驟變的氣氛，還是緊張不安的情緒，無一不體現(xiàn)著他們?cè)趯W(xué)習(xí)前人之后的驚人創(chuàng)作。專輯中的歌曲，時(shí)間長(zhǎng)短不一，既有七分鐘的長(zhǎng)曲，也有不足一分鐘的小曲，或用以反復(fù)鋪墊，或僅僅作為過渡，都似那多變的天氣，叫人感受到大自然無窮的魅力。
If These Trees Could Talk is a post-rock instrumental group from Akron, Ohio. The band is commonly abbreviated as "ITTCT" and play a heavy shade of instrumental post rock. ITTCT self released their debut self-titled in 2006. The debut effort would later be picked up by The Mylene Sheath and also be their first release ever.
Recently, their song Malabar Front, from their self titled album, was featured in a preview for the upcoming Playstation 3 game inFamous.
Members
Tom Fihe – bass
Jeff Kalal - guitar
Cody Kelly – guitar
Mike Socrates – guitar
Zack Kelly – drums