Tristeza

小簡介
Tristeza的作品挑戰(zhàn)的是“后搖滾”這一奇怪風格的邊界，如果他們被認定為一支后搖滾樂隊，那么大多數(shù)獨立流行樂隊只需要去掉人聲再增加循環(huán)段落即可進入這一領域。事實上這支加州組合更多被描述為一支dream pop化的器樂組合。而我們之前的類比并沒有降低樂隊作品成色的用意，這一點不要誤會。能夠把簡單心緒通過干凈的配器成功表現(xiàn)出來的器樂團并不是太多。或者可以這樣說，Tristeza所做的只是恰好應和了大多數(shù)人對美妙旋律的期待。沒錯，就是這樣，從這一點說，他們的成功也可謂之“后”了。不過我個人只愿意把該隊作品作為背景使用，你很難從一張專輯中發(fā)現(xiàn)某一首足以抓住你的所謂“金曲”也是Tristeza的硬傷，這證明了他們還沒有能力超越于一眾器樂“同僚”之上。
Known as much for their consistent touring as their prolific output, San Diego's instrumental rock quintet Tristeza formed in 1997. Guitarists Jimmy LaValle and Christopher Sprague, keyboardist Stephen Swesey, bassist Luis Hermosillo, and drummer Jimmy Lehner came together after playing in bands like the Locust, Crimson Curse, Swing Kids, and Gogogo Airheart, among others, and recorded their debut 7", Foreshadow/Smoke Through Glass, soon after. In promotion of the single, Tristeza toured three times, making the 7" a best-seller and proving that they could pull off their intricate, involved instrumental sound on-stage as well as in the studio.
Tristeza's first full-length, 1999's Spine and Sensory, added subtle jazz elements to their style; just before hitting the road again, they released their volume of the Insound Tour Support series, a series of CD EPs intended to help promote touring indie bands. Another tour and another single -- the Macrame 7" -- confirmed the band's swift musical development and electronic leanings. Tristeza stopped touring just long enough to record Dream Signals in Full Circles in Chicago with the Pulsars' Dave Trumfio; the album was released in the fall of 2000 by Tigerstyle Records.
The group returned in 2002 with Mixed Signals, a collection of Dream Signals remixes. But Swesey departed the same year, and LaValle the next, so Tristeza went on hiatus while they reassembled their lineup. By 2004 Sean Ogilve and Alison Ables had joined on keyboards and guitar, respectively, and Tristeza recorded a double album called A Colores that was issued in November 2005 on Better Looking Records.