credit: Elizabeth Weinberg
Ringing in the festive season, Lucy Dacus has released a cover of Wham’s “Last Christmas,” which can be heard HERE. Following the release of acclaimed holiday-themed singles “La Vie En Rose,”“My Mother & I,”“Forever Half Mast,” “Dancing In The Dark,”and “In The Air Tonight” throughout the year,“Last Christmas” is the sixth installment taken from Dacus’ 2019 EP that is out November 8th on Matador Records and can be pre-ordered HERE. The EP will also feature a yet unreleased original tribute to New Year’s titled “Fools Gold.”
Sped-up, amped-up and delivered through a megaphone to chugging abandon, Dacus’ reworking imbues the sweater-sporting classic with a spontaneous energy that turns it playfully on its head. “I don’t really like Christmas,” says Dacus. “In the studio, we listened to the original of ‘Last Christmas’ and didn’t talk about an arrangement. I just told everyone to play it angry. This is what happened first take. It actually came out pretty fun, maybe a tad psychotic.”
2019 Tracklisting:
1. Fool’s Gold
2. La Vie En Rose
3. My Mother & I
4.Forever Half Mast
5. Dancing In The Dark
6. In The Air Tonight
7. Last Christmas
