Cat No:
BEAG3CGR132
Release Date: 17 December 2021
Label: Crispin Glover Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 9008798424221
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Description
This year's VINYL OF THE FESTIVE SEASON top pick is by long lost new wave troubadour Patrik Fitzgerald.
It's only his tenth single since "Safety Pin in My Heart", his debut, over four decades ago. In an alternative universe, his poetic combination of lyrical punk-poet pith and an acoustic guitar would have seen him given regard parallel to that awarded John Cooper Clarke but, instead, he became a cult name, beloved of only those who know. Here, his nasal voice initially plays off against children's TV theme-style plucked strings and woodwind (by Norwegian ensemble Lemur) in an odd time signature, ebullient yet sinister, then a grinding guitar arrives with the chorus; "No Santa Clauses will come down the chimney this year/Only the spirits of the children who died up there sweeping them so many years ago."
As a dark allegory on differentiation between rich and poor at Christmas, it's bang on for 2021 but also has a playful feel, like a Victorian cautionary poem. The flipside "With Her Head Underneath Her Arm" is a Thirties music hall song about Anne Boleyn which, lightly strummed, has been given a TV Personalities vibe. It's another cracker albeit more Halloween than Christmas. Good to have Fitzgerald back. I can't wait to hear -
Tracklisting
- 1. No Santa Clauses
- 2. With Her Head Underneath Her Arm
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