Available from 1st December 2009 as free mp3 download from www.daswanderlust.co.uk with option to donate to The Brooke Animal Hospital.
When the idea of releasing a charity Christmas single was originally conceived, Das Wanderlust’s plan was to write an irony-free Christmas pop song in the vein of the classic tunes everybody knows and loves from their childhoods (Phil Spector, Slade, Wizzard, Elton John, Wham, etc.) A straight-ahead, three minute festive blast.
Which is why Laura, Andrew and Wesley were left puzzled by how exactly they ended up with a five-and-a-half minute mini-epic - over twice as long as the average Das Wanderlust song - that sounds like it could have come from an aborted
Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Equally strange is that the song contains a key-change halfway through which somehow magically transports the song back to the key in which it originally started. Is that even possible?
Still, crossover pop hit it may not be, but it certainly sounds pretty damn Christmassy. The band were careful to tick all the traditional yuletide boxes - peal-of-bell refrains, lyrical touchstones (the tree, the presents, the glowing fire, the snow), more bells, 3/4 time signatures, yet more bells, choirs and - most importantly - fake party noises. And not a distorted guitar in sight. It might not have been where they were aiming, but it came out nicely nevertheless, and they were proud of managing to create a genuinely
rich sound without using any additional musicians. Laura worked out a lavish vocal arrangement, Andy learned how to play the clarinet especially, and Wesley dusted off his old kettle drums.
'Someone To Pull Crackers With' is available as a free download exclusively from D A S * W A N D E R L U S T, with an option to donate money to The Brooke Animal Hospital - a charity helping people in the world's poorest countries care for the working donkeys, horses and mules which they depend on so heavily for their quality of life. The song is also available as a track on Cherryade Records 'A Very Cherry Christmas Vol. 5', available in all good record stores now.
Which is why Laura, Andrew and Wesley were left puzzled by how exactly they ended up with a five-and-a-half minute mini-epic - over twice as long as the average Das Wanderlust song - that sounds like it could have come from an aborted
Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Equally strange is that the song contains a key-change halfway through which somehow magically transports the song back to the key in which it originally started. Is that even possible?
Still, crossover pop hit it may not be, but it certainly sounds pretty damn Christmassy. The band were careful to tick all the traditional yuletide boxes - peal-of-bell refrains, lyrical touchstones (the tree, the presents, the glowing fire, the snow), more bells, 3/4 time signatures, yet more bells, choirs and - most importantly - fake party noises. And not a distorted guitar in sight. It might not have been where they were aiming, but it came out nicely nevertheless, and they were proud of managing to create a genuinely
rich sound without using any additional musicians. Laura worked out a lavish vocal arrangement, Andy learned how to play the clarinet especially, and Wesley dusted off his old kettle drums.
'Someone To Pull Crackers With' is available as a free download exclusively from D A S * W A N D E R L U S T, with an option to donate money to The Brooke Animal Hospital - a charity helping people in the world's poorest countries care for the working donkeys, horses and mules which they depend on so heavily for their quality of life. The song is also available as a track on Cherryade Records 'A Very Cherry Christmas Vol. 5', available in all good record stores now.
