纽约硬地超清新三人组！！「爱在巴黎日落时」电影预告片主题曲演唱团。 AMG四颗半星超高评价！！ 千万不要以为和「清新」一词扯上关系的纽约客只有Cat Power喔！！由主唱Dominique Durand和Andy Chase以及Fountains of Wayne的团员Adam Schlesinger组成的IVY常春藤乐团，他们的音乐一如纽约的昵称「大苹果」般香甜可口，让人垂涎欲滴。 优秀的音乐家不需出尽怪招来卖弄创意，能充分了解自己的特色并从中挖掘出无限可能，才是强者之道。IVY的音乐是以Durand声线为主轴，各种乐器如众星拱月衬托出她冷冽却带着笑意的迷人嗓音。不只是吉他，就连bass和套鼓听来都轻巧明亮又极具个性，每个环节都像指纹般鲜明。同样是玩摇滚，一样是唱新民谣，IVY和其它乐团最大不同点就是这三个人有本事让听众瞬间辨别出他们的音乐，而不会被一堆同性质的专辑淹没。听听广受好评的「Apartment Life」，您将了解这令人神醉的风格唯IVY独有，绝无分店。 by Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover This winsome, pleasant, accomplished, convivial pop LP attracted some fine word of mouth, after these New Yorkers-by-way-of-Connecticut with a Fountains of Wayne connection (guitarist Adam Schlesinger is in both bands) finished a solid tour, one where they outdrew U.K. headliners/alternative one-hit wonders Space Monkeys. And yet it's a wonder that Ivy isn't massive. Not only are they led by a talented female singer, Dominique Durand, in an era where such a demeanor is finally favored, but she's sweet and pretty as well, with a decided French accent. Such friendliness and refined music helps explain the all-star cast willing to help Ivy out on this exquisite work, such as Lloyd Cole, James Iha, Luna's Dean Wareham, Stanley Demeski, and most of all, superb trumpet player Chris Botti. And boy does Apartment Life improve over their promising but not quite there debut, Realistic! Some songs cut deeper than others (some are merely jaunty and boppy in an slurpy ice cream cone way), but three or four are the sort of pleasantly produced, precisely structured pop dreams that make fans sing along. The opening "The Best Thing" is a true single with a chorus that is to swoon and croon for; the '60s-ish, horn-laden skip of "This Is the Day" is lightweight, la-la-la pop personified; and better, when they let the guitars get mean for a second, on the post-MBV attack of "You Don't Know Anything," Ivy are a knockout. The rest is more lighthearted yet still crafted, cleanly produced, stylized old-pop with warmth, such as the cooing "I've Got a Feeling" (no, not the Beatles song), "Quick, Painless and Easy," and the gently haunting "Back in Our Town." As seen in their Apartment Life, Ivy are a summer breeze and a cool lemonade, here for all to taste.