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Album Introduction (Official)

美好的男女二人组合牛奶@咖啡来自於中国最好的新音乐厂牌摩登天空旗下,自2005年推出首张专辑《燃烧吧!小宇宙》以来,获得来自广大听眾及媒体的高度评价及关注。

时隔3年,牛奶@咖啡发表第二张创作专辑《越长大越孤单》,褪去首张专辑的青涩外衣,牛奶@咖啡以真挚感性的一面重新面对听眾,将成长过程中内心世界的细腻感受完整呈现在新专辑的全部10首曲目中,与逝去的懵懂青春挥手作别。

这是一张关於成长过程中的思考、友情、迷失、沉默、遗忘以及失去的唱片,也许其中仍旧伴有成长过程里无法避免的言不由衷,但是关於成长的归宿,你我又能寻找到怎样完美的答案呢?

转身望去,慢慢长大的自己,身边已不再像以往那样容易找到结伴而行的朋友,越长大越孤单是来自内心最无奈的感叹,如今牛奶@咖啡将它变作美好的音符,只愿与拥有同样心情的你产生如呼吸般的细微共鸣,在漫长的成长旅途中,让我们一起欣赏那些无法逃避的孤独的风景吧。

 

This wonderful female and male partnership 'Milk@Coffee' have received much positive reviews and attention from the general public and media since the release of their first album <<Burn! Little Universe>> in 2005.

3 years later, Milk@Coffee has since released their 2nd self-made album <<It gets lonelier as you grow up>>, shedding the bittersweet image of their first album. This time they take on a new sincere and unique approach to meet the listeners once again, by portraying the delicate feelings and the inner world of growing up in all the 10 songs of this new album, and by doing so wave goodbye to the days of youth they have left behind.

This is an album about the thoughts and friendships of growing up and the sense of lost and silence that comes with it, as well as the things you forget and lose on the way. Maybe admist it all there are still the unsaid words that have followed you as you grow up but regarding the final stop when arriving at maturity, what can we find as the perfect answer for that conclusion? 

Turning back to take a look, those of us who are slowly growing up, it has become difficult to find friends who are wiling to walk with us anymore. <<It gets lonelier as you grow up>> is a sigh of helplessness coming deep from the heart and now Milk@Coffee has turned that into beautiful pieces of music, in hope that they can share with those who are going through the same experiences. In this long journey towards adulthood, let’s enjoy those ineluctable sceneries of solitude together!

Track list:
1. 穿越珊瑚海 (Through the Coral Sea) mp3
2. 越长大越孤单 (It Gets Lonelier As You Grow Up) mp3
3. 如果明天 (If Tomorrow) mp3
4. 我不是 Rock N Roll (I am not Rock N Roll)
5. 咖喱咖喱  (Curry Curry)
6. 蝶恋花 (Butterfly in love with a Flower) mp3
7. 爱的旋律 (The Melody of Love) mp3
8. 小丑 (Clown)
9. 完美生活 (Perfect Life) mp3
10. 夜 (Night) mp3
Hidden track: 快乐星猫 (Happy Star Cat) mp3

The official introduction I've translated has quite done it justice. The female vocal is beautiful and track 10 is a duet. I would say most of the songs are mainly ballad/pop except the hidden track which is upbeat. Overall, I loved this album and would recommand most of the songs. Unfortunately, I no longer have the files for the tracks I didn't like. Forgot to upload first before I deleted them. Very sorry! Most of them are a bit rock.

When I heard this album, I instantly thought 'wow, finally a good album after a long while from the chinese song industry'. It was very disappointing that they didn't have any good albums or songs over the new year. Many of the current chinese artists are not up to the mark anyway, even if they had albums :) It was great to finally hear some good mandarin music. I was lucky that the japanese side of things had good songs for me to rely on in the mean time.

Not sure which songs to try out first or if this album will be your cup of tea? Track 6 has an oriental style to it, my fav song in this album. Track 2, 9 and 10 are highly recommanded too! Also, all these songs have meaningful lyrics. I hope to translate a few when I'm free. Hope you will enjoy this album as I did.

Comments

[info]totoki wrote:
May. 16th, 2008 11:13 am (UTC)
going to try it! Just may I ask why a few songs are missing? Is that on purpose? Thank you so much for this!
[info]totoki wrote:
May. 16th, 2008 11:15 am (UTC)
never mind my euestion, sorry ._. I just saw it!
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 16th, 2008 02:50 pm (UTC)
no worries! I really should have uploaded it somewhere first.

by the way, did you like the songs? I was just wondering, because reading back on my post, I made the songs sound very good. and it may not be the case for everyone. ^_^ tks for leaving a comment. I appreaciate it~
[info]sugarlatte wrote:
May. 16th, 2008 01:43 pm (UTC)
Sounds good, I'm going to give it a try ^^ Thank you for sharing!
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 16th, 2008 02:52 pm (UTC)
Hope you like it! tks~
[info]placidian wrote:
May. 16th, 2008 03:45 pm (UTC)
Thank you for the songs, review and translation of the promo. I really enjoy this duo's music. Thank you!
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 17th, 2008 09:05 am (UTC)
Thank you for reading them! and glad you are liking the songs. enjoy!
[info]hippoinacrate wrote:
May. 16th, 2008 04:38 pm (UTC)
am trying it out. thanks for sharing! (:
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 17th, 2008 09:12 am (UTC)
ur welcome! have fun~
[info]ldrocker66 wrote:
May. 16th, 2008 07:37 pm (UTC)
Yay~! Thank you =) I love milk@coffee <3
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 17th, 2008 09:19 am (UTC)
they are pretty good ne.. I must get hold of their first album during the hols~
[info]starprincess_hk wrote:
May. 17th, 2008 01:30 am (UTC)
Hey! ^.^ Looks good! I'm going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing! You're amazing!^^
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 17th, 2008 09:24 am (UTC)
aw.. thank u for commenting! hope you'll enjoy the songs~
[info]manicmilk wrote:
May. 17th, 2008 03:58 am (UTC)
thanks for the review and music!! :)
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 17th, 2008 09:26 am (UTC)
its my pleasure :)
[info]lil_mistress wrote:
May. 17th, 2008 08:35 am (UTC)
thanks~
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 17th, 2008 10:18 am (UTC)
you're welcome! enjoy!
[info]fakelunacy wrote:
May. 17th, 2008 07:33 pm (UTC)
Trying this out too, thanks!
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 02:59 am (UTC)
hope you enjoyed it :)
[info]aziza_maan wrote:
May. 17th, 2008 11:40 pm (UTC)
Thanks for sharing (and the awesome translations!) By the way, "Happy Star Cat" probably gives me the cutest mental image ever XD
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 03:05 am (UTC)
haha.. it sounds like a happy-go-lucky person. I guess thats what the Happy Star Cat is suppose to represent.. I'm glad the translations made sense to you. thank you~
[info]nargoo wrote:
May. 18th, 2008 12:55 am (UTC)
this album sounds good, thanks for the upload =)
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 03:07 am (UTC)
ur welcome~ its great that you liked it too!!
[info]rikuheart wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 04:26 am (UTC)
i'll be trying this album out! thank you for sharing!
[info]rikuheart wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 04:44 am (UTC)
i was also wondering if you remembered where you originally got this album from? i would love to hear the other tracks that aren't included here. ^__^
[info]echowillow wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 08:55 am (UTC)
sure thing! here is the site: www.z-degrees.net/forums/index.php? (I have no idea how to put hyperlink in comments). its a great site by the way, especially if you are into asian music. um.. but you have to dl the whole album again. sry abt that:)
[info]rikuheart wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 02:16 pm (UTC)
thanks, lol, i love going to new music forums! =D
[info]devilish_mari wrote:
Sep. 19th, 2008 10:18 pm (UTC)
< a href="link.html"> Name < /a>
[info]devilish_mari wrote:
Sep. 19th, 2008 10:12 pm (UTC)
wow~~
i love this album!!
love their voices, thanks so much for uploading this! :DDDD
[info]echowillow wrote:
Sep. 22nd, 2008 08:22 am (UTC)
thanks for the tip! I've been trying for ages to find out how to put a link without cluttering the comments. thank u so much!! I'm glad you enjoyed the songs too. have fun XD
[info]molalov wrote:
Oct. 1st, 2008 02:10 am (UTC)
Thank you! Happy Star Cat is so cute! xD And Butterfly in love with a Flower is so beautiful! The title song holds a special place in my heart though, because I think what it's saying is really quite true (sadly). The girl's voice is so sweet, though from "Night", the guy's voice is also very nice; would like to hear more from him too. Do you know their name's by any chance?
[info]echowillow wrote:
Oct. 1st, 2008 07:36 am (UTC)
蝶恋花 is a very sad song. Not everyone can understand that sorrow, I'm glad you did. Although I'm sorry it brought back memories.

The guy is Ge Fei and the girl is Kiki (Fu Yan). There's a very short write-up here. Other then that, it's been difficult to find much about them. They've had another album before this one though.
[info]corkyz wrote:
Dec. 2nd, 2008 04:52 am (UTC)
wow, I just stumbled upon your blog and I am so happy that you are sharing some of milk@coffee's stuff. Thank you so much! I can't seem to find much of their stuff anywhere. Great to hear some indie Chinese stuff.
[info]echowillow wrote:
Dec. 3rd, 2008 04:36 pm (UTC)
I know!! They make great music~ But I think they've only had 2 albums so far. mp3.sogou.com has their songs but I'm not sure if they are complete. Chinese indie music don't seem to get that much publicity.

Thank you!

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