Tim Wheeler and Emmy the Great - Zombie Christmas
Tim Wheeler seems to have made a calculated business decision to move into novelty music over the last couple of years, Ash having long since run its course, and he's teamed up with the equally awesome Emmy the Great for a festive full-length aimed at this year's Xmas charts. Truth be told the single isn't quite the kick in the festive chestnuts that I'd been hoping for (this dude wrote 'Kung Fu' and 'Lose Control' remember!) but it's a pleasant enough stroll through the chaos wrought upon the end of year festivities by an unwarranted zombie invasion (compared to that a bit of unwarranted rainfall is hardly the end of the world is it?). Plus the promo video is pretty bitchin', throwing in some decent George Romero style undead shopping mall violence complete with festive disembowelment and spurting jets of fake blood decorating the walls. Back in the mid 90s you need some pretty solid major label money to finance a cinematic promo clip like this but these days anyone with a record deal seems to have top special effects at their disposal to promote records that nobody's ever conceivably going to pay money for - I suppose we should be grateful that Tim's not had to ditch music completely and get a proper job now that he's in his mid 30s (yeah that's right folks, 'Jack names the Planets' was a looooooong time ago! Naming your debut album after your year of birth doesn't seem like such a good idea now does it?). This is all very nice and all but both sides can do better - Emmy can do the twee stuff better alone and Tim needs to rope in some younger dudes and get back on the road bustin' heads with some proper punk rock. It worked for Melvins and the Ramones, what are you waiting for?
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