Tom: It seems like every band’s chucking out a Christmas album this year in an attempt to rake in the cash. And Erasure, who’ve been going for nearly thirty years now, have provided with a new Christmas album called “Snow Globe”.
The first single is called Gaudete, and it’s an electro cover of a traditional Latin hymn. It’s also a bit dull, as are most of their Christmas covers, so instead here’s something a bit more, well, a bit more pop.
Tom: It doesn’t have a Big Pop Hook anywhere — have you noticed how all Top 40 songs are all about the hook now? — and so it feels more like the album track it is rather than the big single.
Tim: I don’t know, maybe not a Big Pop Hook, but it’s a got recognisable chorus line to it, and the “I’ll be your loving man” is fairly memorable. And it a good way – it’s decent, even if it is just a hook with a small h.
Tom: But it is a lovely album track, even if it is sitting oddly between much more calm Christmas fare.