｜《Hidden Album》專輯介紹｜
《Hidden Album》是電氣民謠組合凹與山（Our Shame）的第二張專輯，取用「現代人手機中的隱藏相簿 / 專輯隱藏曲目」之雙關意涵。凹與山像是闖入地下舞曲派對的旁觀者，以音樂鏡頭紀錄不可言說之事。以 folktronica, synth-pop 打底，將木吉他合成器、真實取樣聲響，延伸至 UK garage, techno 等聽感。
專輯談論社會邊緣的情感記憶，包含但不限於自傷、禁忌戀情、虛擬貨幣懸案、成癮等隱藏於公眾視野、卻儲存在社會集體慾望空間的主題。專輯由創作首腦小凹（Estelle H.）擔綱製作人，並邀集英國混音天王 Jay Reynolds（Fred again.. 葛萊美電音專輯獎混音師）、日本新銳饒舌女力 ASOBOiSM、法國電音製作人 Odd People Club、美國金獎混音師 Brian Elgin、金音 R&B 單曲獎得主 BRADD 獻聲。
《Hidden Album》由神秘叢林感的 〈Face ID〉 作為序曲，解鎖 〈A Star〉 迷幻的 Trip-Hop 星海，延伸至 〈Miffy〉 如迷宮的虛擬貨幣追查事件、〈Hollywood Dream〉公路電影般為理想分離的旅程、〈此刻的畢生摯愛〉 關係快速來去的親密叩問。專輯同名曲 〈Hidden Album〉 在工業風的激情重拍中，展開 〈Snow in Osaka〉 與 〈Summer Air〉 的陰鬱 IDM 心碎獨舞，逐漸釋然至英倫懷舊感的可愛擔當 〈Beach Cat〉，〈ok to be not ok〉 獻給自傷者的搖滾樂，終至 〈So in love with you〉 在夏日的銅管交錯中與回憶和解，盛放鮮豔色彩。
凹與山將歐陸的狂放與亞洲文化的恥感交融，在《Hidden Album》打造工整與失序的內心反差。專輯美術設計，邀來 Blob Club 操刀，以螢光塗鴉塗抹後可短暫顯影的工法，引導收藏者與專輯互動，探索隱藏相簿中的混沌記憶，也暗喻凹與山作為女性主體在社會中的藏與顯，值得珍藏。
Our Shame’s sophomore album, Hidden Album, plays on a double entendre, “the hidden album on your phone” and “the secret track you weren’t supposed to find.” The Taiwanese folktronica duo approach it like wallflowers at an underground rave, documenting the unspeakable with a quiet but unflinching lens. Built on a foundation of folktronica and synth-pop, their palette stretches from acoustic guitars and field recordings to splashes of Trip-hop, UK Garage and techno.
The record lingers in society’s shadowy corners: self-harm, forbidden love, crypto-fueled assassinations, addiction—memories that don’t make it to the public but thrive in the collective unconscious. Produced by Estelle H. (aka 小凹), Hidden Album ropes in an eclectic cast: Grammy-winner Jay Reynolds (Fred again..’s go-to engineer), Japanese rapper ASOBOiSM, French electro act Odd People Club, award-winning soundman Brian Elgin, and Taiwanese R&B star BRADD.
Hidden Album touches off from the jungle-like opener “Face ID” and the trippy starlit haze of “A Star” then extends into the maze-like crypto investigation of “Miffy” and the ideal-driven parting journey of “Hollywood Dream,” with images of tangled lovers in “此刻的畢生摯愛.” Industrial pulses drive the title track, before IDM heartbreak dances through “Snow in Osaka” and “Summer Air.” The mood eventually softens with the Brit-nostalgic cuteness of “Beach Cat” and the rock catharsis of “ok to be not ok,” before closing with “So in love with you,” a brass-kissed summer confession that feels like making peace with old wounds.
On Hidden Album, Our Shame fuse European hedonism with an Asian sense of shame. Even the album art, designed by Blob Club, plays with secrecy fluorescent graffiti techniques that only appear briefly when rubbed, like memories surfacing from the hidden gallery of your phone ,and the ambiguous situations females face in the society.
