Today’s song is “I’ll Be Home For Xmas” by Modesty Blaise. The Bristol-based Avant indie-pop outfit has created a new single for this holiday season.
The track features vocalist Jonny Collins along with David W. Brown (bass), Gregory Jones (guitars), Mark Bradley (drums), Alastair Jenkins (guitars), and Roger Huckle (violin).
The band set out to make a meaningful holiday track. Vocalist Jonny Collins said “We’re not just making a tune for 2021, this is a conscious decision to make a timeless tune. All great Xmas records are timeless, from Wizzard to The Wombles, we play them every year. They do not age; they invoke Proustian memories of the festive seasons past. We want to be part of your Xmas – so we’re coming home.”
Accompanying the song is a buoyant poptastic festive video, produced by Dorothy Collins with support from cinematographer M.M. Van Dyke, and filmed at various locations and Factory Studios in Bristol.
This release follows up their third release The Modesty Blaise LP (February 2021), via the German label From Lo-Fi to Disco! and first long-player in 20 years, having released their head-turning Melancholia LP in 2001.
“I always thought that nothing says Xmas quite like 2 drum kits, a massive tune, and a baritone sax. We think this is the best Xmas record that you’ll have heard this side of the millennium, we’ve tried to make something timeless and we hope you agree. We want to be part of your festive season this year and in years to come.”
Listen below and for more information check out their official website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages. Get this track on Amazon and their Bandcamp.