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对于睡眠代币，他们对他们从第三张专辑中经历的巨大爆炸的反应带我回到伊甸园，就是继续推动自己的界限。

How do you follow up an album that propelled you from 2000 capacity rooms to arenas? For SLEEP TOKEN, their response to the gargantuan explosion in popularity they experienced from third album Take Me Back To Eden is to keep pushing their own boundaries. The former was experimental, incorporating elements of R&B, trap and more. Fourth album Even In Arcadia has already had much made of it, from their signing to major label RCA Records to dissecting the lyrics of its singles, particularly Caramel, which called out the obnoxious behaviour of obsessive fans in a rare direct-to-camera confrontation.

您如何跟进一张专辑，使您从2000个容量房间到竞技场？对于睡眠代币，他们对他们从第三张专辑中经历的巨大爆炸的反应带我回到伊甸园，就是继续推动自己的界限。前者是实验性的，结合了R＆B，陷阱等的元素。从他们的签名到主要标签RCA唱片，剖析了单曲的歌词，尤其是焦糖，即使在Arcadia的第四张专辑也已经做了很多，尤其是在罕见的直接直接到相机的对抗中，它唤起了痴迷的粉丝的令人讨厌的行为。

Whether it lives up to lofty expectations though, is another matter entirely, and if we’re honest, probably irrelevant. SLEEP TOKEN at this juncture are so huge, so beloved and their fanbase is suffused with many who will herald anything they release as nothing less than a rival to the Sistine Chapel. SLEEP TOKEN must know this, too, because Even In Arcadia is incredibly self-indulgent almost to the point of obnoxiousness, doubling down on the left turns of TMBTE and expanding ever further. The end result is good more often than it isn’t, but still a mixed bag.

不过，它是否达到了崇高的期望，这完全是另一回事，如果我们说实话，可能无关紧要。在这个关头，睡眠代币是如此的巨大，如此钟爱，他们的粉丝群充满了许多人，他们将释放的任何东西无非是与西斯汀教堂的竞争对手。睡眠代币也必须知道这一点，因为即使在阿卡迪亚，也几乎是令人讨厌的自我放纵的，直到令人讨厌，在TMBTE的左转转弯并不断扩大。最终结果的频率比没有多，但仍然是混合的袋子。

Opener Look To Windward builds on the repeating vocal motif “will you halt this eclipse in me” until right before it becomes tired, then drop an excoriating scream and heavy guitars, but the song is already half-done at this point. Even then, it still finds time for a trap section with the rap that they start experimenting with on Eden. Lead single Emergence slots in neatly after, its sax section courtesy of BILMURI’s Gabi Rose still a jazzy highlight. Unfortunately it’s right after this that SLEEP TOKEN stumbles for the first time, with the odd Past Self.

揭幕战以“迎风”的形式建立在重复的人声主题“你会停止我的日食”之前，直到它变得疲倦之前，然后放下一个令人陶醉的尖叫声和沉重的吉他，但此时这首歌已经半完成了。即使到那时，仍然会发现有时间与他们开始在伊甸园进行实验的RAP进行陷阱部分。在整齐的单一出现插槽之后，其萨克斯部分由比尔穆里（Bilmuri）的加比（Gabi）玫瑰（Gabi Rose）提供，仍然是爵士乐的亮点。不幸的是，在此之后，这是一个奇怪的过去自我，这是第一次睡觉的代币。

It once more locks into a trap beat with Vessel rapping and he’s still not brilliant at it. There’s also not much development to the song; it stays locked into that same groove for its full runtime rather than their usual trick of merging disparate sounds together. Dangerous is more typical fare that fans might be accustomed to post-Eden, Vessel crooning “won’t you show me how to dance forever?” over its thundering guitar. A recurring theme of Even In Arcadia is that SLEEP TOKEN seem content to put experimentation ahead of quality. There’s more good than bad, but the lows are certainly lower than previous efforts.

它再次锁定在陷阱跳动中，用船尾说唱，他仍然并不聪明。这首歌也没有太多发展。它可以锁定在同一凹槽中以进行完整的运行时间，而不是通常将不同声音合并在一起的窍门。危险的票价更典型，粉丝可能会习惯于埃德登（Eden），船只croon之以鼻：“你不会告诉我如何永远跳舞吗？”戴着雷声的吉他。即使在阿卡迪亚（Arcadia）的一个反复出现的主题是睡眠代币似乎满足于将实验置于质量之前。有比坏的要多，但是低点肯定比以前的努力要低。

Fortunately, Caramel and the title track are excellent examples of their current sound, with Caramel’s dissection of boundary-overstepping fans and a syncopated flow, while the title track is a heartfelt piano ballad reminiscent of a newer take on Blood Sport. Provider is pure Usher in its opening minutes until a stunning synth line snakes its way through crunching guitars, while Damocles is, as it proved a single, a show-stopper of a track examining the complicated relationship they have with fame and wondering what happens if it all fades away.

幸运的是，焦糖和标题曲目是他们当前声音的绝佳例子，焦糖对边界越过的风扇和晕厥流的剖析，而标题曲目是一首由衷的钢琴民谣。提供者在开场时间内纯净，直到令人惊叹的合成器线蜿蜒穿过吉他，而Damocles则证明是一个单一的表演者，一条曲目，一条曲目，研究了他们与名望的复杂关系，并想知道如果全部消失了，会发生什么。

The problem here is that Damocles might be a show-stopper, but Even In Arcadia actually continues for two more songs. Gethsemane flirts with math rock before abandoning it for yet more trap – immensely frustrating because that ORCHARDS-esque lick would’ve been great to hear more of. Closer Infinite Baths is crushing in its second half, but again frustrates by closing on an extended fade out. When you can write an ending as thoroughly arresting and emotional as Euclid that brings three albums full circle, Infinite’s fade feels lazy and like a half baked ending.

这里的问题在于，达莫克尔可能是一名表演者，但即使在阿卡迪亚，实际上也继续又继续两首歌曲。客西马尼（Gethsemane）与数学岩石（Math Rock）调情，然后将其放弃了更多的陷阱 - 令人沮丧，因为那种果园式的舔声很高兴听到更多的声音。下半场更近的无限浴室正在粉碎，但通过延长的淡出淡出而感到沮丧。当您可以写出像Euclid一样彻底令人着迷和情感的结局，从而带来了三张专辑的完整圈子时，Infinite的淡入淡出感觉很懒惰，就像半烘烤的结局一样。

Ultimately, that’s the big problem with Even In Arcadia. For all its highs like Damocles and Caramel, there’s frustrating choices, and a lack of clear purpose or direction to some songs. Again though, none of the last several hundred words likely matter to their devoted fanbase who will lap this up like the second coming. Even In Arcadia certainly won’t convince their detractors or those who casually enjoy them to become more devoted, but it’s doubtlessly going to keep their ascent going through sheer fervour if not quality.

最终，即使在阿卡迪亚，这也是一个大问题。尽管它的所有高点，例如Damocles和Caramel，但还有令人沮丧的选择，并且缺乏明确的目的或一些歌曲的方向。再说一次，最后几百个单词对他们忠实的粉丝群都可能没有关系，他们会像第二次降临一样将其击倒。即使在阿卡迪亚，当然也不会说服他们的批评者或随便享受他们变得更加敬业的批评者，但毫无疑问，即使不是质量，这将使他们的上升经历纯粹的热情。

Rating: 7/10

评分：7/10

Even In Arcadia is out now via RCA Records.

即使在Arcadia，现在还通过RCA Records出门。

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