After a long silence, the 20 14 EP Clear shows that Zhang Chu's ability to write songs is still there, but it has changed a lot. Just from the music, we can hear that when he was young, he completely gave up the fantasy of taking rock as the carrier, didn't want to be a hero, and didn't think that music could change society. I didn't go to vain, and I was relieved by "chanting Buddha and participating in Zen".
Actually, Zhang Chu has come to the right place. His music is exquisite and refreshing now, and occasionally a small drum is also the skeleton of emotions rather than the export of emotions. Can you imagine Zhang Chu writing such sweet lyrics as "Eyes wide open, Meet at a short distance" ("Coming")?
Chatting with Zhang Chu is much easier than it was two years ago. You can talk to him about liberalism and hippies, and you can also talk about feelings, "practice" and cherish the past. Little neighbors who cook for him every day, empty houses in the suburbs of Beijing, and music ("Ann? Awesome? Wave-alt-j) and boxing programs can also be topics.
Halfway through the conversation, his cell phone rang and he bowed his head and smiled. "A friend asked me if I wanted to go to Greenland in July. Will I go? "
The only thing I don't want to say is the lyrics, because "everyone has a different understanding." For example, this new song "Shake it", "Different world/no need for more judgment/can only stay at the same moment", does it remind you of the disappointment of starting together but stopping at different time and space?