Rodney Cromwell – Cold Christmas

Rodney Cromwell - Cold ChristmasThe song 'Cold Christmas' by the British artist 'Rodney Cromwell' is a dark track that has noth­ing to do with a typ­ic­al Christmas song. So it's a song for people who find the typ­ic­al Christmas songs ter­rible, like I do for example (Call me the Grinch).

The artist him­self describes it as the evil twin of the last single 'The Winter Palace'. The intro is already mer­ci­lessly ingeni­ous and imme­di­ately reminds you of 'Ladytron', but is def­in­itely a bit more Dark Wave. I like this mix­ture of these typ­ic­al 70s organ sounds and the 80s dark wave / post punk sound like 'Sisters Of Mercy'. This is def­in­itely a per­fect song for an altern­at­ive Christmas playlist!

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Lyrics of 'Rodney Cromwell – Cold Christmas'

Julie wanted a Christmas tree,
Until she fell into poverty.
House is cold and the lights are off,
And now she's get­ting a nasty cough.

It's cold now, it's cold now, it must be Christmas
It's cold now, it's cold now, it must be Christmas

Suzie's gonna have a good time,
She found a bottle of cheap mulled wine.
Her mistle­toe was bought in vain,
She's hav­ing fun with a Candy Cane

It's cold now, it's cold now, it must be Christmas
It's cold now, it's cold now, it must be Christmas

Raymond's drink­ing a miniature.
Hide's the bottle in the furniture.
He lost his job in the build­ing trade,
Now he's a Santa at least he's paid.

It's cold now, it's cold now, it must be Christmas
It's cold now, it's cold now, it must be Christmas

Rodney Cromwell about 'Cold Christmas'

The latest song from Rodney Cromwell – although released for the fest­ive sea­son – is no Mariah or Cliff Richard Christmas hit though. A relent­less krautrock beat pro­pels a driv­ing synth bass line, layered with Cromwell’s sig­na­ture ARP synth strings and a thump­ing bass gui­tar. It is the most know­ingly goth­ic song that Cromwell has released to date

As the UK des­cends into anoth­er round of aus­ter­ity, the lyr­ics of ‘Cold Christmas’ are like ‘Eleanor Rigby’ turbo-charged for 2022. “Julie wanted a Xmas tree, until she fell into poverty, the house is cold and the lights are off, and now she’s get­ting a nasty cough”.​ ‘Cold Christmas’ was recor­ded in Cromwell’s home stu­dio in Catford, London and was pro­duced by Dom Cresswell at Studio AUW in Kent.

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