The Hampdens

乐队简介:The Hampdens是一个现代的澳大利亚独立(indie)乐队,因他们文学性的歌词而出名。2002年在西澳大利亚的佩斯(Perth)组建,但回来以墨尔本 (Melboune) 为乐队的基地。乐队的名字来自于唐娜·塔特(Donna Tartt)的处女作小说《校园秘史(The Secret History)》。小说中提到过汉普登大学(Hampden College)。书中讲述一群大学生被卷入了一场异教徒的礼拜。乐队由Susannah Legge (vocals)、Gavin Crawcour (guitar/bass)、Jules Hewitt (keys)组成。
The Hampdens曾与Ben Lee, Evermore, John Mayer, Ray LaMontagne, Thirsty Merc, Sarah Harmer, george, Rob Thomas, Missy Higgins等艺人表演过。2003年8月,他们独立发表了首张EP《Brightness Falls》,在两周内就卖光了第1批唱片。2004年5月,SONY公司发行了他们第2张EP《Even World》。2005年8月,由独立厂牌Rubber Records发行了第3张EP《So Young It Hurts》
2008年5月,The Hampdens发表了首张专辑《The Last Party》。
The Hampdens music is about absence, loss, disillusionment,nuclear anxiety, unreachable glamour, burnt out Sundays, and life as a social suicide? but then again it's also about beauty, youth, hope, re-enchantment, the washed-out dream-like promise of suburbia, falling asleep on the lawn in the
sunshine, a stranger calling your name in the night, and plunging your hands in the warm earth.

乐队成员:

主唱:Susannah Legge
吉他/贝司:Gavin Crawcour
键盘:Jules Hewitt
专辑:《Brightness Falls》 ( 2003)
1. The Belljar (Summer In The Hampdens)
2. Croupier
3. Rollin On
4. Ambre Solaire
5. No Relief Without The Waves
6. 4Real
《Even World》(2004)
1. Hype, The
2. Wayward
3. Mechanics of Life
4. Star
5. Afraid to Merge
6. Sequins
7. Even World
《So Young It Hurts》 (2005)
1. So Young It Hurts
2. Philip Johnson Homes
3. Hype
4. Atomised
5. Star
6. English Skies
《The Last Party》(2008)

1. The Belljar (Summer In The Hamptons) 4:13
2. Generation Y 3:57
3. Hands In The Ground 3:47
4. Asleep On The Lawn 4:05
5. The Hype 3:48
6. Forget To Begin 4:43
7. Croupier 3:16
8. The Last Party 4:08
9. Far Away 3:49
10. Social Suicide 3:43
11. Burnt Out Sundays 3:43
12. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight 4:13
13. Miami 4:05
14. Lucky Man 4:24

《Croupier》[EP] (2009)
01. Croupier
02. The Last Party
03. Philip Johnson Homes
04. 4Real