vaporwave – Christmas Underground

London’s Oscar Lang has been releasing music since before he was born. Being that prolific means that at some point… you take a stab a Christmas song. Thankfully, he was compelled to write an original, not cover Blue Christmas/Last Christmas/White Christmas or some other boring chesnut. “Christmas is Home” is a throwback, synthy, indiepop nugget with a catchy chorus that demands a Wham! worthy video, fully of soft focus and terrible clothes. This song was like a swig of hot chocolate – I’m totally on board.

Bottom Line: Oscar Lang writes and produces so much music, that I’m fully expecting this to be his first (meaning, gimme more!) excellent Christmas song.

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Sometimes I can’t do Vaporwave. It gets too hardcore early-90s muzak synthy, but Liverpool’s pizzagirl, who is neither pizza, nor a girl, has found that sweet spot. His other work is not Vaporwive either – listening to an earlier track “Blossom at My Feet, Flower,” is ridiculously good indiepop, so perhaps he only takes quick tokes of the vapor. “Pizza For Christmas” has a pulsing beat, and a classic premise – his baby is gone for Christmas. He’s going to sit there and eat pizza for Christmas, alone. But all is not lost… and suddenly that pizza of resignation is pizza of celebration! It is a fun one, for fun folks. Enjoy.

Bottom Line: Vaporwave-adjacent indiepop fun!

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Oscar Lang “Christmas is Home” (2019)

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pizzagirl “Pizza for Christmas” (2018)

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