Chrysalis Records
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I like to think of the Christmas season as having one big side conversation with my friends over at Christmas A Gogo. Whether it is via e-mail, Bluesky, or most often directly via our websites, I know that I’m always curious what they are thinking, and I’d like to think they might be of me. I’ve been planning to post this song for a little while, but as Christmas A Gogo just posted a massive post all about “Walking in the Air,” it felt appropriate to raise my hand and go “Me tooooooooo.”
Everyone Says Hi is a British indie (in the general sense of the term, some of these bands are pretty big) supergroup created by frontman and ex-Kaiser Chiefs drummer Nick Hodgson, Pete Denton (The Kooks), Ben Gordon (The Dead 60s), Glenn Moule (Howling Bells) and Tom Dawson. Last year, they dropped an excellent, funky version that truly adds something to the conversation. I’m used to so many airy, ethereal versions of this song, having a version of “Walking in the Air” that makes you bob your head? That is pretty crazy, and it is equally crazy how well this works.
Bottom Line: This is a mixworthy change-of-pace to a modern classic.
Christmas Underground 