The Avett Brothers是一支充滿家庭氛圍的樂團，由兄弟組合Seth和Scott Avett組成。他們剛發行了一部關於他們被提名葛萊美獎的專輯《True Sadness》製作過程的新影片《May It Last》。在一次訪談中，他們談到了自己的家庭背景對音樂創作的影響，以及兄弟之間的和睦相處。
Seth提到，他們的音樂靈感來自於他們祖父的講道，以及對家庭愛的主題。他們的音樂中充滿了對人性和生命複雜性的理解，以及人類所面臨的祝福和困境。他們強調了兄弟關係在整個樂團項目中的核心地位，這使得他們能夠有一個幸運的動力來推動音樂創作。
Scott表示，作為一個以家庭為基礎的樂團，他們非常關心彼此的健康。雖然他們年輕時喜歡喝酒，但他們已經改變了這一點。儘管他們之間會有衝突，但他們並不恨對方。他們非常愛彼此，他們的父親早就告訴他們，無論你做什麼，你的兄弟、姐妹和鄰居都是你的支持者。他們會互相照顧，因為在這個世界上不是每個人都有同樣的愛，他們需要互相扶持。
Seth提到了他在第一次婚姻中離婚的經歷，這個事件對《True Sadness》的創作產生了影響。他承認這並不容易，每天都伴隨著新的痛苦。雖然公眾對此有所評論並帶來傷害，但他幸運地能夠保持一定的距離。
在訪談中，Seth也談到了歌曲《Divorce Separation Blues》為何聽起來如此快樂。他解釋說，有時候創作中會有一些微妙的神秘感。那首歌的靈感來自他在北卡羅來納州山區Swannanoa的一條石子路上開車時所感受到的情緒。他當時聽了很多Doc Watson的歌曲，並被他的卡通唱法所吸引。離婚是他當時唯一想到的事情，完全佔據了他的思維。因此，這首歌是他宣洩情感的方式。
Scott提到每首歌曲所投入的情感能量，以及對完成一首歌曲的矛盾感受。他說，當成功地表達出追求已久的情感時，整個房間應該充滿解脫感。這是因為他們成功地將一種表達追求已久的情感凝固下來，這既有一種死亡的感覺，也有一種新生的感覺。
The Avett Brothers以他們和睦相處的形象而聞名，他們之間的愛和支持使他們能夠攜手創作出動人的音樂。他們的家庭背景深深地影響了他們的音樂創作，將人性和情感的複雜性融入其中。他們的音樂不僅是一種表達，也是一種療癒和連結的力量。
《May It Last》這部新影片將向觀眾展示The Avett Brothers的音樂創作過程，以及他們之間的家庭關係。這部影片為那些喜愛他們音樂的人提供了更深入的了解，並帶領觀眾進入他們的音樂世界。
The Avett Brothers以他們真摯的音樂和兄弟之間的和睦相處而贏得了廣大粉絲的喜愛。他們的音樂不僅觸動人心，還帶來了一種家庭的溫暖和連結。這使得他們成為了一個特殊而獨特的樂團，值得我們去欣賞和支持。
（來源：NPR）
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We don’t drink as we did as younger men, in the beginning. … We have conflict, but we don’t hate each other. We love each other very much, and we were told early on by our father that, ‘You’re gonna get out there, no matter what you do, and your brother and your sister and your neighbor, these are your advocates.Sep 12, 2017
The Avett Brothers Discuss ‘True Sadness’ Of Divorce In Feature-Length Documentary
Published September 12, 2017 at 10:20 AM MDT
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Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd sits down with
Seth and
Scott Avett of
The Avett Brothers to talk about a new film about the making of the band’s Grammy-nominated album, “
True Sadness.”
That film, “
May It Last,” comes out today and is in theaters for one night only.
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Interview Highlights
On finding inspiration in their grandfather’s sermons, and the theme of familial love in their music
Seth: “He seemed to have a pretty good hold on love of humanity and on the complications of having a life, and the blessings and the demons that come along with the human condition. That’s — you’re touching on the nucleus of the entire thing, it seems like, you know, for the film and for the band, is that we have this very fortunate dynamic of having Scott and I and our brotherhood as the nucleus of the project.”
On being a family based band that gets along well
Scott: “We take care of ourselves. We don’t drink as we did as younger men, in the beginning. … We have conflict, but we don’t hate each other. We love each other very much, and we were told early on by our father that, ‘You’re gonna get out there, no matter what you do, and your brother and your sister and your neighbor, these are your advocates. They’re gonna take care of you and you’re gonna need ’em. And there are gonna be people that don’t have that same loving feeling toward whoever, and it might be you, and take care of each other.’ You know, that resonated with us, anyway.”
On Seth’s divorce in his first marriage, an event which influenced “True Sadness”
Seth: “There wasn’t anything easy about it. Every day it was like there was a new, very sharp, sort of, pain that went along with it. But, yeah, the public side of it and what some folks would say about it was hurtful. But, luckily for me, I kept a pretty good distance from that, as well as I could anyway.”
On why the song “Divorce Separation Blues” sounds so upbeat
Seth: “Well, I’m not sure exactly why I did it that way. Sometimes there is just a small fraction of mystery that comes along with some of these ideas. When it kind of first hit me, I was driving up a gravel road up in Swannanoa, in the mountains of North Carolina, snow was everywhere. And I was listening to a lot of Doc Watson at the time, and I was just listening to a lot of his yodels. The form of the yodel was just — I mean, I was just feeling it so much. And divorce was the only thing I was thinking about, you know, that completely consumed me. So, that’s a way to get things out.”
On the emotional energy that goes into each song, and conflicted feelings about completing a song
Scott: “There is a relief, and the whole room should be lifted up because we just successfully solidified an expression that we were chasing, you know. And we did it, we got to it, and I — Seth and I have talked before about when a song is written and recorded, you can look at it two ways: like it just died or it just came to life. There was a dying feeling for me in that.”
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Scott Avett (left) and Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers perform during the “May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers”premiere
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