Big Problem 是一支来自曼彻斯特、致力于后硬核与后朋的三人乐队，由主唱兼贝斯手 Phil Bowman，吉他手 Jake Hardie 和鼓手 John Hinde 组成。他们一直活跃于曼彻斯特的地下硬核音乐场景之中，而在今年三月他们发布了乐队首张 EP《Morbid Pace》，本期 UPEE 将与 Big Problem 一起分享《Morbid Pace》的创作与更多关于乐队的幕后。
UPEE：在乐队首张 EP《Morbid Pace》中似乎可以感受到 Big Problem 带有不少来自 90 年代 Post Hardcore 与 00 年代 Post Punk Revival 的影响痕迹，可以分享启迪你们创作的音乐人吗？
Jake：我们三位成员都受到很多音乐的影响，而《Morbid Pace》则主要受到 Militarie Gun、Fugazi 和 Drug Church，以及一些同样在硬核音乐场景里的朋友们的影响。
All three of us draw from quite a wide bank of influences, the sound of ‚"Morbid Pace" was inspired mainly from band like Militarie Gun, Fugazi, Drug Church and friends of ours in the hardcore scene.
UPEE：在《Big Beat》与《Rowing》中，可以感受到歌词力图呈现的急骤速度与紧张情绪，可以分享创作这些曲目的灵感，以及将 EP 命名为“Morbid Pace”的含义吗？
Phil：这些曲目的灵感都来自于我很不爽“开车”。《Big Beat》主要是关于之前发生在我身上的两起事故，分别是由我在路上最不想遇到的两个人带来的，这个世界如果少点车就好了；《Rowing》则大概描述你奋力想让某件事情持续、发展，却在这一过程中受到你了难以控制的阻力——有时候你就会觉得对此完全做不了什么，并陷入极度的恐慌之中；《Traction Slips》则是描述一次完美的驾驶，它与另外两首有点不同因为它并不那么低落，只有在清晨和深夜我才能忍受这首。
EP的名字“Morbid Pace”则来自《Rowing》。对我而言，“Morbid Pace”就意味着完全没有做出举动，无法带来什么进展。
The inspiration for the tracks come from dissatisfactions and a pure disdain for driving.
"Big beat" is about my hatred for driving and specifically two incidents I had - both caused by two of the worst people I could hope to encounter. The world would be a better place with less cars.
"Rowing" is generally about trying your hardest and struggling to get something going or moving but the process being impeded by factors out of your control. Sometimes it feels like there is nothing you can do to stop it and it results in all out panic.
"Traction slips" is about the perfect drive. The song is a bit of a departure from the other two songs because its theme isn’t routed in frustration. The only time I can stand it is in the early hours of the morning or the dead of night.
The EP title "Morbid Pace" comes from the song "Rowing". To me it means a complete lack of pace / movement or a total struggle to make headway or progress with something.
UPEE：有了解到乐队三名成员居住在曼彻斯特的不同地方，请问你们是在什么样的契机下组成乐队，以及一起创作一首曲目的过程是怎样的？
Jake：我们一开始都来自曼彻斯特之外的一个小镇，我跟 John 已经一起演出过有几年，也想开启一个新项目。而鼓手 John 跟 Phil 以前住在一起并且在过去也一起 Jam 过，所以在去年的哪个时候我们就来到一块组成了 Big Problem。
我们创作一首歌的方式基本是我或者 Phil 写出一首歌的大致，然后在排练的过程中将它完善出尽可能好的声音。
We all originally come from a small town outside of Manchester. Myself and John have played together for quite a few years, and wanted to start something new. John (Drummer) and Phil used to live together and have jammed in the past. So we all came together on Big Problem some time last year. The way we write is usually me or Phil we have a rough outline of a song, then we bring it to our practice room, all work on it together to create the best sound we possibly can.
UPEE：在《Morbid Pace》之中你们最喜欢或最满意的曲目是哪一首？
Jake：就我个人而言最喜欢的是《Rowing》，它整体像一个稳固而持续的动态，John 在录制《Morbid Pace》时打这些节奏相当用力。
Personally my favourite is "Rowing". It’s a solid constant move, the way John (drummer) captured it when recording “Morbid Pace" kicks like a mule.
UPEE：在这张 EP 后，有什么更为长远的创作计划？
Jake：我们计划在不久的将来再次开始录制，并在今年之内带来更多的发行。很快我们就会继续开始创作并期待这一次能写出什么。
We aim to start recording again in the very near future, get a couple more releases out this year. Then we will start writing again and see where it takes us.
UPEE：同时作为一支活跃于现场的乐队，你们期待在 Big Problem 的现场能有什么表现？
Jake：现场演出对我们来说很重要，我们希望可以尽兴并在每一次都呈现我们最好的状态。我们在排练室花了很长的时间在我们的现场音乐上，排练我们在一场演出能怎么表演。我和 John 负责和声，我们会在舞台两侧摆吉他扩音器来放出更多声响，也会在歌曲之中增加段落让表演更连贯。
Playing live is a big thing for us, the aim is to play and sound the best we can every time. We spend a lot of time in our practise room working our live sound, practising how we would perform at a show. Me and John provide backing vocals, we run two cabs either side of the stage to fill out the sound and have parts between songs to tie it together.
乐队联络：https://linktr.ee/bigproblemuk
编辑：玻璃噜噜
图片：Luke Allen