"And when that blue heartache starts hurting..."
Track 8: Low, "Blue Christmas"
Jesus, this song is depressing. It's Christmas for the suicidal!
A cover of an old Elvis tune, but slower, sadder, & less joyful than any other Christmas song, ever. This is from Low's Christmas EP from a couple of years ago, which in and of itself is kind of an odd idea: having managed to depress their entire fanbase—or, at least, attracted an already-depressed set of fans—are Low trying to make every other Christmas-celebrating person miserable as well?
That said, their version of "Blue Christmas" sounds every bit as gorgeous & depressing as a Patsy Cline track like "I Fall to Pieces," but with that recognizable Low spirit, in that:
It's really pretty, which is good! But it makes you want to die, which is bad.
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