Monday, December 17, 2007
I was quite happy to receive this early Christmas gift from local band Said the Whale, their West Coast Christmas EP available to download for free from their website.
I like dreaming of white Christmases as much as the next person; and when snow flakes start to fall, such as they did last year, I encouraged Mother Nature by playing Dean Martin's Let It Snow on repeat; but ultimately, living on West Coast I don't feel I can relate to most traditional carols about winter-white Christmases. So with lyrics such as "Here comes the rain, must be Christmas again on the West Coast," their song Christmas Under the Clouds excited me. Thus my appreciation for this Said the Whale song.
With less-is-more piano, Tyler Bancroft and Ben Worcester evoke images of a dreary, grey landscape. The song crescendos to an angsty Christmas wish, but thankfully it stays at just that. Untinged by a Kermit-the-Frog-esque vocal slip, the song then leads into a beautiful rendition of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas."
Anybody having spent a Christmas on the West Coast will be able to relate to this song. However, don't let the gloomy and drepressing weather get to you: grab a cup of hot chocolate, curl up by the fire and let visions of sugar plums dance in your heads.Labels: December 2007, music, photos
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