A yr in the past, Uncut introduced you the information that The Marriage ceremony Current had been marking the thirtieth anniversary of their Hit Parade caper by repeating the feat of releasing a single each month all through 2022. And having pulled it off as soon as extra with aplomb, the place else to finish however with a conventional seasonal weepie?
Watch the video for “The Loneliest Time Of 12 months” beneath:
“Ah, the outdated ‘Christmas music’,” writes bandleader David Gedge. “To be trustworthy, I’ve type of been a kind of ‘bah, humbug’ varieties ever since I realised that the one factor we’re actually celebrating on 25 December is capitalism! ‘Thanks for the record of stuff you need me to purchase for you, right here’s a listing of stuff I would like you to purchase for me.’ There’s nothing fallacious with that, I suppose, however, for me, one of the vital interesting issues concerning the festive season is the way in which pop songs at all times appear extra poignant after they’re additionally Christmas songs. It’s all about heightened expectation and disappointment, maybe.
“I’ve had a go myself a few occasions over time, after all, and it appeared becoming to have one other crack at it for the grand finale of 24 Songs. Therefore, ‘The Loneliest Time Of 12 months’ has an enormous, melancholy refrain, sleigh bells, and an appropriately surreal video. The opposite music on our last 7” of 2022, ‘Memento Mori’, is a perkier affair which was written whereas I gazed admiringly on the snow-topped Cascade Mountain Vary in Washington State.”
“The Loneliest Time Of 12 months” will likely be launched on Friday December 16. You should buy the 7″ – both individually or as a part of the whole field set of all 12 24 Songs singles – by clicking right here.
