El Dog
Let It Snow (Lo-Five)
By Bernhard Bessing • Dec 30th, 2009 • Category:
short players
The oddest thing about this single - apart from the fact I’m writing the review on Boxing Day - is the first half-minute of the tune, which sounds for the world like it’s John Martyn doing the cover, rather than one of Glasgow’s top post-rock acts. Things do ‘right’ themselves quickly though and we’re into a magical world of strange time changes, crunching guitars and loud/quiet dynamics which are, frankly, not all that festive. But since the original tune - made famous by the likes of Dean Martin - is, unsurprisingly, long since deconstructed, it’s (ignoring the title) a great piece of epic alt.rock that’s not just for Christmas.
Bernhard Bessing
