Trembling blue stars

Trembling Blue Stars,一個如此詩意的名字卻來自筆名Pauline Réage法國女作家在1954年出版的那本聲名狼藉的小說The Story of O，這部兼哲理，色情描寫和性受瘧傾向于一體的小說其中有一段這樣寫道，“她的眼睛如同星星——顫動的藍(lán)星（her eyes were like stars, trembling blue stars）”。

在他的樂隊Northern Picture Library解散之后，Trembling Blue Stars的創(chuàng)立者Bob Wratten帶著這句話獨自上路了，這是在1995年的倫敦，Bob有些憂郁的想著，這該是和Annemari有個了結(jié)的時候了吧，多年以來，Bob都和擔(dān)任鍵盤手的女友Annemari Davies在The Field Mice和Northern Picture Library里合作，這種關(guān)系是工作上的，也是私人的。而作為當(dāng)時獨立廠牌Sarah的旗艦樂隊，The Field Mice的解散如同Sarah的解散一樣，所有人唏噓不已。

Named in honor of a passage from Pauline Reage's infamous novel The Story of O, the melancholy Trembling Blue Stars heralded the return of singer/songwriter Robert Wratten, best known as the frontman of the British indie pop band the Field Mice. Ostensibly a solo project with significant input from producer Ian Catt, Trembling Blue Stars originally emerged in the wake of the dissolution of Northern Picture Library, the project Wratten mounted after the demise of the Field Mice with then-girlfriend Annemari Davies; 1996's Shinkansen label debut Her Handwriting explored the couple's breakup in heartbreaking lyrical detail, couching its elegiac songs in airy, evocative guitar soundscapes. As of 1998's Lips That Taste of Tears, some measure of reconciliation had apparently been reached, as Davies' ethereal vocal presence again surfaced. 2000's Broken by Whispers was issued in the U.S. on Sub Pop. That same year the band added Keris Howard (formerly of Brighter) on bass, Beth Arzy (formerly of Aberdeen) on backing vocals, and Jonathan Akerman on drums, and began playing live shows in the U.K. before journeying to the U.S. for the first time. With the help of another Sarah Records vet, Harvey Williams of Another Sunny Day, this same core group recorded 2001's Alive to Every Smile. Since then the band's lineup remained stable, but they left their longtime label, Shinkansen, and moved to Spanish indie Elefant before the release of 2004's The Seven Autumn Flowers. Bar/None released the album in the U.S., and the band returned for a few dates to promote the album. After the release of the Bathed in Blue EP in early 2005, the group recorded and released their sixth album, 2007's The Last Holy Writer.