某一种乐队在你身边始终只有少数人知道，类似秘密会社，成员加入的速度极为缓慢，社团始终打不响知名度。但你不特别担心社团停止成长或脚步停滞，每当与人谈起，你总是暗自窃喜，默默骄傲，甚至希望社团一直维持这种规模就好。
知道的人多了会降低它的神秘感。好东西要与更多人分享，这句话在秘密会社是不适用的。Kent就是这样一组乐队。
Kent始终是迷雾里的乐队，我们拨开好几层纱还是看不透他。来自瑞典，先天的语言屏障使Kent与英语系国家（或依赖英语资讯的其他地区）总是处著隔阂。他们曾将两张专辑: Isola、Hagnesta Hill翻唱成英文版本，至于其他作品，包括最新专辑Du & Jag D?den都只有瑞典文版。官方网页也一概是瑞典文，我们很难深入了解什么。Swiss rock?如果有这么一个名字，Kent应该是其中之一吧，简单的吉他，厚重的鼓点儿，缓慢的节奏配上主唱慵懒又带着灵性的声音。
但东拼西凑还是能理出一些简单脉络。Kent成立于1990年，主唱Joakim Berg与吉他手Sami Sirvio是学校旧识，乐队成立后陆续招兵买马，首张同名专辑只能算表现普通。但96年的第二张专辑Verkligen让事情产生了转机，这些带著浓浓Radiohead式The Bends氛围的音乐瞬间征服了瑞典，Kent终于踏入畅销乐队之林。02年发行的Vapen & Ammunition，光在北欧一地就售出了五十万张，相当惊人的数字。2000年的这张《Hagnesta hill》里，好像故意要摆脱radiohead的影子，不过，真正喜欢这张专辑的，还是那些慢歌，音乐，好听就行了，要意境还不如去读唐诗。找个没事的下午，或者睡不着的夜里，关上门和窗，把自己浸入这首quiet heart，也许，你会找到一丝的平静。
除了受到Radiohead影响，David Bowie与Depeche Mode也是Kent的重要精神食粮。Kent的音乐总是带著浓浓的英国味，许多人将他们归入Brit-Pop。但他们的气质是其他英国乐队学不来的，Kent一向有自己的味道。
Kent的音乐总能让人联想起黄昏、秋天的海滩、逝去的青春、久不见的朋友这些记忆里的往事。
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Kent--Quiet Heart
There was a time when I was lost in myself
You took my hand became my guide
There was a time you needed my help
I guess my Ego made me blind
It's not the rain it's not the streetlights
That makes your skin so pale at night
It's your quiet heart
And your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let's take a trip through the wires
Your dream is gone you are free
Stay free...
There was a time I had your life in my hands
And you had life left in your eyes
There was a time I caught your hiding inside
From something shining through the blinds
It's not the shadow by the red lights
That makes my skin crawl late at night
It's your quiet heart
And your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let's take a trip through the wires
Your dream is gone you are free
It's not the rain it's not the streetlights
That makes your skin so pale at night
It's your quiet heart
It's your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let's take a trip through the wires
Your dream is gone you are free
It's your quiet heart
And your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let's take a trip through the wires
Our love is dead you are free
