The Brunettes是来自新西兰的男女乐队，也是一对恋人。二人在07年的今天发行了首张专辑《Structure and Cosmetics》。If You Were Alien，就是出自这张专辑。关于The Brunettes的爱情故事无从知晓，也许是很平凡的相识相恋，也许是在演出中互相倾慕，不过可以确定的是他们足够甜蜜！整张专辑都是以舒服柔软的女声居多，随意的男声以绿叶相配。除此之外二人也很喜欢搞怪，比如他们的浴盆照和白领照，呵呵。总之两人俊美的外表加上好听的小电专辑让人艳羡不已，借用网友的一句话评价就是：“好想恋爱呀”。
动听的旋律，一切似乎都是安排的那么巧合，轻松缓和的吉他演奏，随意的键盘声，极其舒服的女声和男声。把这些综合因素简单融合起来，就变成了The Brunettes式的音乐。虽然女声占的比重很大，但是男声独唱的歌曲丝毫也不逊色。
by Heather Phares
Breezy New Zealand indie pop group the Brunettes feature the core duo of multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and producer Jonathan Bree and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Heather Mansfield, along with as many as eight auxiliary members who help create the group's Phil Spector-esque wall of sound. The band's rotating membership includes Lil' Chief labelmates Harry Cundy and the Reduction Agents' James Milne and Ryan McPhun, and the Lil' Chief Orchestrette add banjo, marimba, saxophone, cello, and clarinet to the band's sonic palette.In 1998, Bree and Mansfield were playing in different bands and met when they played a show together; the Brunettes were born when the pair decided they'd like to collaborate on sweet but smart pop inspired by '60s girl groups and '70s punk. Later that year, the Brunettes' debut EP, Mars Loves Venus, arrived. Though the band's first release arrived relatively quickly, it took another four years for the band's first full-length, Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks, to appear on Lil' Chief Records. The charm of this album and the Boyracer EP, also released in 2002, won the Brunettes a devoted following in their homeland. The group spent 2003 and 2004 touring Australia and the U.K., supporting other pop-minded bands such as Architecture in Helsinki and the Futureheads. Summer 2004 saw the release of their second album, which was also named Mars Loves Venus (the EP and the album only have the title track in common), and reflected the Brunettes' increasing skill in the studio and influences from Gram Parsons to Prince.The band made it to the U.S. as a septet in 2005 as support for the Shins, and the Brunettes released the When Ice Met Cream EP to commemorate the occasion. That fall, the band signed to Sub Pop and then toured as a five-piece with Rilo Kiley. The group's most sophisticated album yet, 2007's Structure and Cosmetics became the first Brunettes album to be released domestically in the U.S.