Lounixxcd0002 - UNiXX - 7 Deadly Sins

Bio:

Form in 2001, UNiXX’s member went through a few changes but the leader of the band Sean P.Yung is the core of the band. Today, the band consists of Sean, vocal and guitar, Ed, guitar, Steven, bass, and Tatsu, drums.

Description:

The result of 5 years of development, the new album from UNiXX went through change of members and even lost of master recording in the early years. UNiXX’s first album Nasty Fantasy was released in 2004 to a tremendous critical acclaim and a build-up of a solid fan base. Based on the first album and their live performances, UNiXX quickly acquired a reputation as the darkest rock band in Hong Kong.

As the line up became stable, the second album is finally completed to everyone’s satisfaction. In 7 Deadly Sins, the audience is shown a even darker and more explosive UNiXX that is like an angry man unleashed. The lyrics show the band in a more critical view of the world around us. Musically, the band is like a cut-loose titan reminding us of The Smashing Pumpkins unrestrained, or The Cure with only the anger. The album progresses through emotional ups and downs in high energy alternative rock, while the title song “7 Deadly Sins” punctures the heavy mood of the songs with the most reflective tune in the album. The songs “Wasted” and “Perfect Betrayer” were previously issued nearly five years ago, but find a new breath in the new album. “Shut It”, normally the band’s opening song for a show, would certainly leave you screaming in agreement, in the most political song of the album. Notably, Alok(A Roller Control) remixed the track “Black Shadow”, off the first album, with a disco punk kick to finish 7 Deadly Sins, the most exciting album of 2010, and it’s only January.

作為前英國殖民地的香港，其文化受到了前宗主國的影響，因而成就了許多英倫曲風的樂隊。UNiXX是一支香港獨立樂隊，也是當地英倫搖滾樂隊的表表者。組成於2001年的他們，以英倫／另類搖滾的旗號，在香港獨立樂圈蘊釀了一群熱愛英倫風的樂迷；在經過反複的錄音工作和現場演唱經驗之後，他們於2004年出版了其首張錄音室唱片－《Nasty Fantasy》。貫徹著主唱Sean所言的簡約和純粹，《Nasty Fantasy》毫不掩飾他們的自我沈溺，甚至在歌詞中道出成員間的頹靡與厭世觀，誘發出一種直接的黑暗張力。樂隊第二張專輯《7 Deadly Sins》，經過五年的沈澱，UNiXX的音樂不再限於英倫搖滾，而更強調多元組合，包括另類搖滾、蹬鞋搖滾、氛圍電音和後朋克等另類搖滾，帶來一種包含各種可能性的曲風。

Review:

It’s been a while since the Hong Kong boutique indie label Lona Records released something by a promising local band. And just as with The Yours’ Abraham, or Wilson Tsang’s Whale Song, the label’s latest local release is stirring up a bit of excitement.

The most recent Hong Kong group to sign up to Lona is UNiXX, a four-piece rock outfit that plies its trade in dark, shoegazing garage rock, flecked with overtones of The Horrors and circa-1993 Suede. More than five years after the release of their first album, Nasty Fantasy, UNiXX is going darker with an album that bears an appropriately menacing title: 7 Deadly Sins. - TimeOut Magazine

[独立音地-2010年1月6日]香港独立揺滚乐队UNiXX经历这几年多番人事変动后，终于在2009年尾完成了乐队的第二张专辑《7 Deadly Sins》。经过五年的沉淀和新队员的加入令乐队的曲风取向比首张专辑《Nasty Fantasy》更为成熟。新专辑《7 Deadly Sins》是一张融合了post-punk、shoegaze、noise以及psychedelic的吉他而结合成UNiXX独有的黑暗噪音揺滚乐。- indiechina.com

Members:
Sean P.Yung - Guitar, Vocal
Steven Kwan - Bass, Backing Vocal
Ed Poon - Guitar
Tatsu Yiu - Drums, Percussion

TRACKLISTING :

01. Wasted
02. Love Is Only For The Strangers
03. Perfect Betrayer
04. Dead Man Walking
05. 7 Deadly Sins
06. Diminishing Memories
07. Burnout
08. Shut It
09. Vanish
10. Black Shadow (Remix 2 by Alok @ ARC)

Official : http://www.unixx.net/
Douban : http://www.douban.com/group/unixx/
Xiami : http://www.xiami.com/artist/65233/UNiXX
Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/unixxunion
Alive Not Dead : http://www.alivenotdead.com/unixx
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/UNiXX/10122040909