It just wouldn’t be Christmas without something loud, fast and out of control – and what better way to celebrate than by this brand new remix (and video) by Goldblade featuring the inimitable Poly Styrene and Lora Logic and their collaboration (remixed and released just in time for the holidays); City of Christmas Ghosts.
Ever since I ran a John Peel session featuring Lora Logic a couple years ago I’ve been getting updates on what Essential Logic is up to. Which is great because otherwise I might have missed this one. Featuring her former X-Ray Spex bandmate Poly Styrene, City Of Christmas Ghosts is a turbo-charged romp through big-city borderline mayhem during the holiday season. Crammed with images that run the gamut from bizarre to downright strange, Christmas Ghosts breaks something of a speed record and begs you to hit the replay button. It also helps this is a great song and the cutaway bits with Logic breaking into solos is icing on the cake. It also reminds you what a truly unique personality Poly Styrene was.
Definitely a nice addition to the Holiday avalanche of songs.
Crank it up.
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