Holiday music can be insufferable starting right after Halloween. But Voluptuous Panic’s interpretation of Marvin Gaye’s 1965 psychedelic holiday song “Purple Snowflakes” puts the emphasis on the original song’s surreal and ethereal quality unusual for its time. Using electronic drums to keep a steady beat, steady sleigh bell and what sound like physical bells to trace the counter melody to Gretchen DeVault’s (frontwoman of The Icicles) brightly resonant vocals and Brian J. Bowe’s low, hushed backing vocals, this treatment of the song sounds less like a holiday classic and more like a mysterious almost retro dream pop song that wouldn’t be out of place on a Jim Jarmusch soundtrack. Listen to “Purple Snowflakes” on Bandcamp and connect with Voluptuous Panic at the links below.
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