16TH DECEMBER

Time to indulge in some nostalgia with perhaps the greatest festive film of all time, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Last year saw the release of Nightmare Revisited, which saw artists as diverse as Korn and Datarock tackle the film’s soundtrack, but it’s The Polyphonic Spree’s version of “Town Meeting Song” which really stands out. They attack the song with gusto, frontman Tim Delaughter donning the role of Jack Skellington while the band stretch the song out to three times it’s original length. It’s a gleeful reinterpretation which manages to bypass the “Bah Humbug” part of my brain completely, and that’s a pretty big achievement. For that alone The Polyphonic Spree are a worthy addition to our calendar.

Jed. x