{"id":72654,"date":"2021-12-10T09:18:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T09:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=72654"},"modified":"2021-12-10T09:24:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T09:24:42","slug":"the-essential-advent-calendar-december-10-the-mighty-lemon-drops-david-newtons-new-festive-single-winter-tragedy-out-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-10-the-mighty-lemon-drops-david-newtons-new-festive-single-winter-tragedy-out-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 10 – The Mighty Lemon Drops\u2019 David Newton\u2019s New Festive Single, ‘Winter Tragedy’, Out Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mighty Lemon Drops guitarist\/songwriter David Newton has today released a new seasonal single, as David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels, ‘Winter Tragedy’. An upbeat sounding, yet darkly twisted \u2018bah humbug\u2019 holiday tale, the track comes with a video directed by Joel Tabbush, and features members of The Little Ones, The Blood Arm, Bad Girlfriend, VPL, Kissing Tigers and Faraway Beaches performing in a snow storm in sunny California.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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From David Newton:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis all came together rather quickly via my local Burbank craft beer bar Tony\u2019s Darts Away. Basically, I was at Tony\u2019s chatting with another regular Joel Tabbush who has worked on many videos over the last couple of decades including The Strokes, Iggy Pop, Dave Gahan, Offspring, Missy Elliott, Divine Comedy etc. Joel asked me if I\u2019d be interested in maybe doing a video of one of my songs. I realized that I had just finished a festive tune, which I thought would be timely, and that seemed like the obvious choice, given this time of year. I then thought \u2018ahh, I guess I\u2019ll need a band then\u2019 so I asked few of my mates. My \u201cband\u201d for this video (most of whom I have worked with at my studio Rollercoaster Recording over the years) is: Brian Reyes (The Little Ones), Zach Amos (The Blood Arm, Faraway Beaches), Christian Owens (VPL, Bad Girlfriend, Faraway Beaches), James Weir (Kissing Tigers, Faraway Beaches). The \u201cband\u201d came over to my backyard in Burbank for a couple of hours, we cracked open a case of beer, fired up the snow machine in the 80 degree heat and shot this \u201cfestive\u201d video.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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