Arliston’s ‘Disappointment Machine’ yana nan a tsakanin lokuta na asara, ruɗani da sha'awa

Arliston kungiya ce ta mawaƙa biyu da ke a London, Jack Ratcliffe (mai waƙa/mai kera kayan kiɗa) da George Hasbury (mai kera kayan kiɗa/mai samar da sauti), wadanda suka fitar da singles ‘Monks of Lindisfarne’, ‘Vertical’ da ‘What Did I Think Would Happen’ yayin tarin kaddararsu zuwa kundin su na farko Disappointment Machine (za a fitar da ita ranar 7 ga Fabrairu 2025). Yanzu taken da yake mamaki ya shiga wannan jerin ayyuka masu zurfi da na sirri don ƙara cika ginin duniya na motsin zuciya da Arliston ke yi da kyau sosai.

Wakar guda ‘Disappointment Machine’ ta cika da jin asarar abu, ruɗani da sha'awa. Ta juyawa ne a kan ra'ayin da ya zama gama gari na maimaita halaye wanda da yawa daga cikinmu muka fada ciki, ko da zabinmu ne, hadari, ko gaza canza. Kodayake a yau munfi fahimtar wannan sosai, wannan tunani har yanzu gaskiya ne a wurare da yawa, kuma shine shi kaɗai ne da ya dace da sabon waƙar album na Arliston ‘Disappointment Machine’.

Kamar yadda ƙungiyar ta bayyana, "Wannan waƙa ta shiga tsarin halayya mai maimaituwa wanda kai tsaye kuma akasarin lokaci yana kaiwa ga rashin nasara. Hakanan tana ƙoƙarin sa cewa wannan "karamin matsala" ne kuma ba shi da wani muhimmanci, amma duk da ƙoƙarin rage muhimmancinsa, jin daɗin da yake nan yana nan."‍

Wannan shine abin ganewar hoton da ake iya jin shi na ƙoƙarin rataya matsalar mutum a kan maɗauri rigar, wanda ke nuna asalin rubutun waƙar fitar da ra'ayi ta band. Sunan kansu suna kiran kansu a matsayin “sad song specialists”, waƙoƙai kamar ‘Disappointment Machine’ suna ɗaukar “liminal moments” na rashin tabbas guda ɗaya na lokacin rayuwa da yake ɗaukar nauyi, musamman lokacin farkon shekarun ashirin da takwas zuwa talatin. Ko masu sauraro suna cikin wannan fafatawa a yanzu, suna jira abin da zai zo, ko suna tunawa da ruɗanin da suka sha a baya, yuwuwar dangantaka a cikin rubutun Arliston ba ta da shakka.

Bugu da ƙari, ba wai kawai abin kyan gani kaɗai ba, wannan taken ya dace da babban labarin album, wanda zai ɗauki masu sauraro cikin tafiyar motsin zuciya daga farko da ta ƙarya da zafin zuciya zuwa abin da yake kusan yarda... ma'ana ƙaramin bege. Hanyar da za ta kai can ita ce ta bi ta kuma kamar yadda Ratcliffe ke bayyana da gaskiya, kasancewa a cikin daidai wannan zagayeba ta aiki. Ba za ta taba dakatar da jin yadda kake ji ba."

‘Disappointment Machine’ kuma yana tare da bidiyon kiɗa mai tasiri, wanda ‘yan makarantar Screenology ‘yan baya suka jagoranta, Shugaba Meriwether Freya Lewis da Producer Milly Ruston, suna nuna haɗin dariya da tunani sosai. An ɗauke shi a Bristol, bidiyon yana biye da ɗan monk, wanda Cailum Carragher ya taka rawar gani, wanda ya bar wurin shakatawa na girmansa don neman wani abu mafi yawa - sai dai don gano cewa abin da yake nema na iya zama abin da bai da tabbas. Waƙar tana da sha'awa da Rumspringa na Amish, labarin yana nuna jan hankali na haɗin adventure da kwarewar duniya, yayin da kuma yake nuni da ƙarfin jan hankali na zaman kaɗai da cikar ruhi. Arliston ya kwatanta tafiyar monk da manufar waƙar ta neman haɗin gwiwa da tausayin zuciya da kan iya sanya mu rufe ido daga gaskiya game da mutum, ko burin a ƙarshen hanya.

Aiki tare da Freya da tawagarta ya ba Arliston damar mai da hankali ne kawai kan labari, kuma sakamakon shi ne abin da ya dace da kyau wanda ya haɗa dariya da zurfin tunani mai gaskiya. Wannan bincike mai hankali na "zinariya ta banza" ya dace daidai da salon kiɗan Arliston mai nazari, yana juya wata darasi mai sauƙi zuwa wata magana mai ƙarfi ta neman ma'ana a wuraren da ba a zata ba.

Tasirin muhimman mawaƙan kamar The National, Bon Iver, da Damien Rice yana fitowa fili cikin faɗaɗɗun ɓangarorinsu da tsaftataccen samarwa, suna kawo abin da suke ƙaunar kiransa “hardcore misery”.

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