【视频】Blondie宣布九年来首张新专辑《High Noon》 明年2月26日发行 首单《Spectral Eyes》同步上线
美国摇滚乐队Blondie于10月15日宣布，乐队第12张录音室专辑《High Noon》将于2027年2月26日通过BMG发行，这是乐队自2017年《Pollinator》以来、九年间首张全新素材专辑，共收录13首歌曲。专辑开场曲、首支单曲《Spectral Eyes》已同步上线，乐队官方YouTube频道发布了该曲的可视化视频。
《Spectral Eyes》由约翰尼·马尔（Johnny Marr）创作，马尔本人亦在曲中弹奏吉他。整张专辑的合作者还包括性手枪乐队（Sex Pistols）贝斯手格伦·马特洛克（Glen Matlock）、Beirut乐队的扎克·康登（Zach Condon），以及Lucius组合的杰丝·沃尔夫（Jess Wolfe）与霍莉·莱西格（Holly Laessig）。专辑录音于2022年在纽约市开始，由曾制作《Pollinator》的约翰·康格尔顿（John Congleton）担任制作人，大卫·伦奇（David Wrench）此后加入负责追加制作与混音，录音多在乐手同室合奏的状态下完成。
这张专辑也是乐队联合创始鼓手克莱姆·伯克（Clem Burke）的最后录音。伯克于2025年4月逝世，享年70岁；2022年录音启动时，乐队并不知道这批录音将成为他的绝响。专辑中多首歌曲与乐队的早期历史相连：吉他手克里斯·斯坦（Chris Stein）以约翰尼·桑德斯（Johnny Thunders）为念写下《Heartbreak Kid》，并与主唱黛比·哈里（Debbie Harry）合写《Man Who Had No Face》；马特洛克写下《Sleepwalking》；《Little Metal Drummer》则重访乐队创始键盘手吉米·德斯特里（Jimmy Destri）1981年个人专辑《Heart on a Wall》中的歌曲，哈里与伯克当年都参与了原版录音。
哈里在声明中称这张专辑是「经典的Blondie」，是乐队把不同影响与不同年代融合成的新作，音乐扎根于当下、由他们如今的活法塑造。斯坦表示，这一路走来漫长而奇异，乐队对歌迷多年来的支持心怀感激。专辑的视觉部分由自1999年《No Exit》时期起与乐队合作的艺术家罗布·罗斯（Rob Roth）与Untold Studios共同开发，涵盖封面视觉、可视化影片与一部由罗斯执导、收录《High Noon》音乐的短片。专辑现已开启预订。
[Video] Blondie Announce 'High Noon,' First New Album in Nine Years, Due February 26; Lead Single 'Spectral Eyes' Out Now
Rock band Blondie announced on October 15 that their 12th studio album, High Noon, will be released on February 26, 2027, via BMG. It is the band's first collection of new material in nine years, following 2017's Pollinator, and contains 13 tracks. The lead single and album opener, 'Spectral Eyes,' is out now, with a visualiser video published on the band's official YouTube channel.
'Spectral Eyes' was written by Johnny Marr, who also plays guitar on the track. Other contributors across the album include Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, Zach Condon of Beirut, and Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of Lucius. Sessions began in New York City in 2022 with producer John Congleton, who also produced Pollinator, with David Wrench later joining for additional production and mixing; much of the recording was done with the musicians playing together in the same room.
High Noon is also the final recording of co-founding drummer Clem Burke, who died in April 2025 at age 70. When work began in 2022, the band had no way of knowing the sessions would become his last with Blondie. Several songs connect directly to the band's early history: guitarist Chris Stein wrote 'Heartbreak Kid' with Johnny Thunders in mind and co-wrote 'Man Who Had No Face' with singer Debbie Harry; Matlock wrote 'Sleepwalking'; and 'Little Metal Drummer' revisits a song from founding keyboardist Jimmy Destri's 1981 solo album Heart on a Wall, whose original recording also featured Harry and Burke.
In a statement, Harry called the album 'classic Blondie,' an amalgamation of the band's different influences and eras shaped into something new, and said the music feels grounded in the present. Stein said the band was grateful for fans' support over the years after a long, strange ride. Artist and director Rob Roth, whose work with Blondie dates to 1999's No Exit, developed the album's visuals with Untold Studios, spanning the artwork, visualisers and an upcoming Roth-directed short film featuring music from High Noon. The album is available to pre-order now.
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图片来源：图：Blondie主唱黛比·哈里，2024年1月在鹿特丹国际电影节留影。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，Vera de Kok 摄于2024年1月27日，CC BY-SA 4.0 授权 / Photo: Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2024. Source: Wikimedia Commons, by Vera de Kok, January 27, 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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