A little known fact is that my middle name is, in fact, Scrooge. It's perhaps less of a secret, however, than I'm no fan of Christmas, and even less of a fan of The Christmas Single. They're a genre unto themselves, and 99.9% of all of the Christmas singles ever released are unforgivably, mercilessly shite. I would say you'd wonder what would possess any musician to pen such cack, but of course, the prospect of a regular royalty cheque dangling like a restive carrot on a stick fashioned from a pine tree of some description likely accounts for the majority who aren't Sir Cliff.
So you can probably imagine my delight when I was offered this one. As I said, 99.9% of all of the Christmas singles you'll ever hear - that have ever been released - are utter gash. The Hush Now's stab at a festive number is in that extremely small minority. Yes, you read it here first: band in not terrible Christmas single shocker!
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With echo-heavy chiming guitars that wouldn't sound out of place on an iLiKETRAiNS record, spacious synths and drums that remain at a respectful distance, it's only the 'fa-la-la-las' and the appearance of the title that really betrays this as a Christmas cash-in. As such, it's infinitely better than whatever toss X Factor throws out this year, but is unlikely, I fear, to provide much competition.
http://www.thehushnow.com/fr_index.cfm
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