Red Flag - Black Christmas MCD

Black Christmas
Xmas Tree Graveyard
Your Presence
Black Christmas (Graphite Mix)
Xmas Tree Graveyard (5th And Laurel Mix)

A little Christmas present from the guys in Red Flag, albeit in "The Crypt"'s darker fashion. "Black Christmas" is a anthem warning of someone robbing you and making yours a 'black Christmas". A driving and hard-hitting tune, it's very much in the spirit of "The Crypt". Excellent. "Xmas Tree Graveyard" is a more ballad-styled tune, with some very soothing synth sounds. It's also a really unique look at the post-Christmas season, and the leftovers thereof. "Your Presence" is the sole non-holiday oriented song, and it's 90% a instrumental, a really pleasant song, but I can see why it was relegated to b-side status. The graphite mix of "Black Christmas" is more of an extended mix, and is really good. The 5th and Laurel mix of "Xmas Tree Graveyard" injects a bit more of a dancey feel into the song, and it works really well!

This is an excellent follow-up single to "The Crypt". Highly Recommended!!

Added:  Friday, July 12, 2002
Reviewer:  Jason Baker
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Language: eng