Parade

C86復古氣質影響下的獨立樂隊Afternoon Naps，樂隊來自美國的克利夫蘭，在我印象中出自那裏的Indie Pop團隊Bears是非常不錯的，因此心裏對Afternoon Naps也有稍許期待吧，07年樂隊發行了一張8首作品的EP(Sunbeamed)，相比較Sunbeamed中那種純純的夏日清新風味，Parade無論是在旋律以及樂器的鮮明度上增色了不少。簡練純樸的旋律以及頗具迷幻式的演繹特點，同時又夾雜着Jangle pop式的甜蜜旋律以及歡快節奏。女聲部分雖然不是占主導地位，但是兩首作品The Day We Started，Catholic School相當動聽。總之聽他們音樂，能感受到的就是一種Sunshine Pop的味道。

1. Plum City Fight Song

2. Beach Bums

3. The Day We Started

4. Mitten Fingers

5. Seasons May Change

6. The Fall Companion

7. Catholic School

8. Discoverse

9. Bubblegum 45

10. Digitally Altered Sunset

歌曲《Parade》收錄於日本歌手YUi的《Holidays in the sun》（2010年7月14日發行）

秘密のまま付き合うの? ^[1] 

愛し合っているのに

晝間の渋谷で 會って

手を繋いで 歩いてもいいじゃない?

悪いことしてないわ

下を向いたままじゃ つまらない

食事も味気ないじゃない

大きな聲で話していいよ

噂が怖いなんて言って

愛を語るのが苦手

車の中じゃ お喋り…

あなたの友達に 會わせてよ

悪い人じゃないけれど

煮え切らない感じ ゆるせない

家へなんか行かないよ

人目ばかり気にして

意気地なしね がっかりしちゃう

悪いことしてないわ

下を向いたままじゃ つまらない

パレードしたくなるほど

大きな聲で 歌っていたいのに…

la la la　…

la la la　…

あなたの側で 歌っていたいのに…

曲：ROBERT THOMAS

When the slow parade went past

When it felt so good you knew it couldn't last

And all too soon the end

was gonna come without a warning

And you'd have to just go home

And the way it all went by

And somebody said "Come on, it's getting late"

And you thought the world might end

if you just looked the other way

And now you wish that you had stayed

And there's so much more

that you could see if you just stick around

And all the street light secrets whispering

for you to come back out

Oh no

There's so much more that you need to work out

Oh no

You don't want that parade to leave you now

And the days are all the same

And the town so big and no one knows your name

And the people fade away

And all the stars are just a flicker

And you're left there all alone

When there's so much more

that you could see if you just stick around

And all the street light secrets whispering

for you to come back out

Oh no

There's so much more that you need to work out

Oh no

You don't want that parade to leave you now

When the music's over

But the song stays in your head

Oh no

There's so much more that you need to work out

Oh no

You don't want that parade to leave you now

Yeah

There's so much more that you need to work out

Yeah

And you don't want that parade to leave you now　 ^[2]