专辑简介

Tom McRae的首张同名专辑,很喜欢Tom McRae的歌声，比起一堆同类型歌手，他的忧郁不够重，他的清新也不够浓，可是却在那若有似无的不修边幅里散发一种独特气息，那种文艺不带矫作成份，也让Tom McRae在英国新掘起的歌手中没有包袱压力，有人说低调的Tom是英国音乐界的“best kept secret”，但更另大家印象深刻的是他以同名专辑出道时掀起的骚动加上全英音乐奖、Q音乐奖、Mercury音乐奖等提名，已证明这位带着娃娃脸外型的英伦才子被视为是Nick Drake和Jeff Buckley的接班人其来有自。

Singer/songwriter Tom McRae joined the ranks of David Gray and Mike Scott thanks to his lovelorn poetics and heartfelt anguish, and thankfully wasn't ignored in 2001's surge and reign of male artists (Pete Yorn, Ryan Adams). His self-titled debut, both cathartic and brash, exudes a young master in the making. McRae seeks solace in plucking out the pain, leaving old wounds to heal without much care, but molding his soul into something more rough-edged and knowledgeable. He appears quiet, but the lure of an eyeful of tears and a shattered heart casts some of the most simplistic, depressing beauty on Tom McRae. "He Cut Her Hair" flows over a graceful symphony, and his inquisitive lyrics are haunting and mystifying ? think Sparklehorse, Nick Drake. An emotional honesty on cuts like "Bloodless" and "One More Mile" are melancholy, but one may get a sense that Tom McRae isn't an empty individual. He has a smile peeking through this lovely piece of work regardless of such lush darkness. McRae does music for himself while appealing to a wide audience. His debut is a solid effort and a brief clue to what's yet to come from this new artist.