COIN 不再害怕音乐：评论

这支位于田纳西州纳什维尔的三人组合由 Chase Lawrence、Ryan Winnen 和 Joe Memmel 组成，在他们 2022 年的唱片《Uncanny Valley》发行后，他们似乎感觉没有灵感。

COIN is back, and they’re not afraid of themselves anymore. The Nashville-based trio, comprised of Chase Lawrence, Ryan Winnen, and Joe Memmel, felt uninspired after releasing their 2022 record, Uncanny Valley. As Lawrence expressed in an Instagram post about two months ago, “it felt like we were ready to quit a little bit, like six months ago at least I was.” He went on to describe the disconnection they felt from the music and from each other.

COIN回来了，他们不再害怕自己了。由 Chase Lawrence、Ryan Winnen 和 Joe Memmel 组成的纳什维尔三人组合在发行 2022 年唱片《恐怖谷》后感到缺乏灵感。正如劳伦斯大约两个月前在 Instagram 上发的帖子中所表达的那样，“感觉我们已经准备好退出了，至少六个月前我是这样的。”他接着描述了他们与音乐和彼此之间的脱节感。

Their fifth studio album, I’m Not Afraid Of Music Anymore, serves as the band’s testament to their commitment to authenticity and vulnerability, confessing and facing their fears up front and sharing them publicly with the world.

他们的第五张录音室专辑《我不再害怕音乐》证明了乐队对真实性和脆弱性的承诺，坦白并直面他们的恐惧，并与世界公开分享。

In a world where everything competes for our time and attention, the album begins with “It’s Hard To Care About Everything,” discussing precisely that concept. The first track features an easy chorus backed by a choir, ultimately highlighting being overwhelmed by choice as life is boiled down to whom and what we choose to surround ourselves with. “Take It Or Leave It” debuted earlier this year in Florida at the Gasparilla Music Festival. The song pleads for a clean break rather than a romance that ends slowly and painfully. “Back of mind / You’re better off with / One love, two mouths / A missed call and a pretty boyfriend” cements that the narrator sees their partner with someone else already. In an interesting end, we see a hint of self reflection from the pre chorus saying “You’re better off alone” to the outro realizing “I’m better off alone”. 

在一个一切都在争夺我们的时间和注意力的世界里，这张专辑以“很难关心一切”开始，正是讨论了这个概念。第一首歌以合唱团伴奏的轻松合唱为特色，最终强调了我们被选择所淹没，因为生活归结为我们选择与谁和什么包围自己。 “Take It Or Leave It”于今年早些时候在佛罗里达州的加斯帕里拉音乐节上首次亮相。这首歌呼吁彻底分手，而不是缓慢而痛苦地结束的浪漫。 “回想起来/你会过得更好/一份爱，两张嘴/一个未接来电和一个漂亮的男朋友”巩固了叙述者看到他们的伴侣已经和其他人在一起的事实。在一个有趣的结尾中，我们从前副歌“你一个人过得更好”到结尾意识到“我一个人过得更好”中看到了一丝自我反思。

Including a backing electric guitar reminiscent of early 2000s rock (The Strokes, to be specific), “Asking For A Friend” is a bittersweet play on the phrase where the band turns it into unrequited love. They call back to their own song “I Don’t Wanna Dance”, in the new song’s lyrics “And I don’t wanna let you down, down”, referencing their past, “I let you down / I know it / I’ll let you down over and over”. The references continue into “Slack”, dubbed as “the most COIN song ever”. This song was the final single released before the album, including more callbacks to longtime favorites “Crash My Car” and “Talk Too Much”. Lead singer Chase Lawerence said, “Slack is a love letter to our band, tying the journey together with a loose knot. Coin has been stretched in every direction, but we embrace every shape and size, even the ones that no longer fit right into place.” “Along For The Ride” feels just like that, and refers to a relationship that may just be pulled from a surface level script, nothing deeper than an act. 

《Asking For A Friend》中的伴奏电吉他让人想起 2000 年代早期的摇滚乐（具体来说是 The Strokes），乐队将这句苦乐参半的乐句变成了单相思。他们回顾自己的歌曲“我不想跳舞”，在新歌的歌词中“我不想让你失望，失望”，提到他们的过去，“我让你失望/我知道/我会让你一遍又一遍地失望”。这些参考文献一直延续到被称为“有史以来最硬币的歌曲”的“Slack”中。这首歌是专辑之前发行的最后一首单曲，其中包括对长期以来最受欢迎的“Crash My Car”和“Talk Too Much”的更多回想。主唱蔡斯·劳伦斯 (Chase Lawerence) 表示：“Slack 是写给我们乐队的一封情书，用一个松散的结将整个旅程绑在一起。硬币已经向各个方向拉伸，但我们拥抱每一种形状和尺寸，甚至是那些不再适合的形状和尺寸。” “一路同行”的感觉就是这样，指的是一种可能只是从表面层面的剧本中拉出来的关系，没有比表演更深层次的东西。

Addressing Hollywood, media, and fame, “Problem” immediately reminded me of 5 Seconds Of Summer’s “No Shame”, both songs including topics of what happens when you are recognized by the public eye. Referencing Malibu 1992 and Getting Older, the lyrics are cynical and mesh well with the album’s rockiest song on the album yet, “Ah, is this getting easier / Or am I just getting older? / My eyes are just getting sleepier / I’m just getting sober”. We take a complete 180 to “Blueberry Smoothie”, another song title in an increasing trend of COIN song titles that includes fruit (Cutie, and later in the album, Strawberry Jam). Upon first listen, the song can be a metaphor for someone sticking around, their impression lasting. However it has been debunked that the song is actually more literal than anything else. 

谈到好莱坞、媒体和名气，《Problem》立即让我想起了 5 Seconds Of Summer 的《No Shame》，这两首歌都包含了当你被公众认可时会发生什么的主题。参考《Malibu 1992》和《Getting Older》，歌词很愤世嫉俗，与专辑中迄今为止最摇滚的歌曲非常吻合，“啊，这变得更容易/还是我只是变老了？ /我的眼睛变得越来越困/我刚刚变得清醒”。我们对“Blueberry Smoothie”进行了完整的 180 度旋转，这是 COIN 歌曲标题日益增长的趋势中的另一首歌曲标题，其中包括水果（Cutie，以及后来在专辑中的 Strawberry Jam）。第一次听时，这首歌可以比喻某人留下来，他们的印象持久。然而，这首歌实际上比其他任何歌曲都更直白，这一事实已被揭穿。

“222” had me picturing William Miller from Almost Famous, as he fell for Penny Lane, with lyrics “And she said, “Every time you fall in love / You wanna meet the band / Oh honey, every time I leave / I hope you understand, understand”. Considered an “angel number”,  “222 can be a confirmation about those current choices, or it can alert you that there are important partnerships coming in the near future.” The piano twinkles sprinkled in after the first chorus and again after lines in the verses gives the soft song a unique touch, really leaning into something dreamlike. The “Growing Song” leads someone to believe that it’s about growing apart from another person while it is actually about shedding an older version of yourself. It includes an instrumental break at the 2 minute mark including strings, fingerpicking, and flighty backing vocals, reminiscent of George Daniels’ production with The 1975’s interlude songs. “Bloodtype” follows, and has a distinctly country feel, like a song sung around a bonfire. Their use of an electric guitar and backing synths keeps this from being too twangy. “Olivia” is an easy listen, using G and D chord variations and again refers to another one of the band’s songs “Nobody’s

《222》让我想起《几近成名》中的威廉·米勒 (William Miller)，他爱上了 Penny Lane，歌词中“她说，“每次你坠入爱河/你想见见乐队/哦，亲爱的，每次我离开/我希望你明白，明白”。被视为“天使数字”，“222 可以是对当前选择的确认，或者它可以提醒您在不久的将来会有重要的合作伙伴关系。”在第一段副歌之后以及在诗句之后，钢琴的闪烁声给这首轻柔的歌曲带来了独特的触感，真正让人陷入了梦幻般的感觉。 《成长之歌》让人相信它是关于与另一个人渐行渐远，但实际上它是关于摆脱旧版本的自己。它包括 2 分钟的乐器休息，包括弦乐、指弹和轻快的和声，让人想起乔治·丹尼尔斯 (George Daniels) 制作的 1975 年的插曲。接下来的《Bloodtype》具有明显的乡村气息，就像一首围绕篝火演唱的歌曲。他们使用电吉他和伴奏合成器来避免声音过于刺鼻。 《Olivia》很容易听，使用 G 和 D 和弦变体，并再次引用了乐队的另一首歌曲《Nobody's》