Three Litre
OK. Yes... I DID choose this last year as well. Probably will again next year too. But its one of my festive faves, hasn't been heard enough and is very worthy of a place on the nations's endless Christmas playlist we get assaulted with from the end of October each year in the shops...
Anyway...
Don't be fooled by the title, it's not quite as throwaway as it at first appears to be...
But I won't spoil it too much for you; you have a listen and see what you think for yourselves.
This is one of my all time festive favourites. It combines melancholy, humbug, longing, hopes, dreams, a wry smile here and there along with all the trimmings of sleigh-bells, church-bells and a choir. Yet it starts so simply with that acoustic intro that gets stung by that chiming electric guitar after the first line.
Very merry stuff. And don't you get me started on New Year!
You can buy this on CD at amazon...
Or on eBay...
Find out more about Three Litre...
Drowned in Sound review of this single...
A review of their gig with The Darkness...
Velocity Recordings Three Litre page...
