Eclectic musician Poppy announced a new four-song Christmas EP called A Very Poppy Christmas, due December 1 via Sumerian Records. She shared a song from it, “I Won’t Be Home For Christmas,” which offers a sadder perspective on the holiday season.
Keys loosely quote part of the Christmas classic “Silent Night” before Poppy comes in with the lyrics, “Where are you now?/I can’t tell how long it’s been.” Instrumentally, it’s mostly lo-fi electronic piano with some sparse drum clicks during the chorus. The verse repeats as Poppy sings about heartbreak and a relationship that didn’t work out, then the chorus comes again and she sings, “No, I won’t be home for Christmas/Baby, tell me nothing’s changed/In your heart you feel the same/We created all this distance/And I know you’re missing me/And I don’t know where I’ll be/But I won’t be home for Christmas.”
Poppy sings calmly, heavily contrasting the chaos of her last proper album, I Disagree, an alternative metal-influenced album which came out in January this year. She expanded that album with some bonus tracks over the summer, including “Khaos x4.” In June, she released cover of t.A.T.u.’s “All the Things She Said.” An instrumental Poppy album called Music to Scream To came out in October, which is comparable to 3:36 (Music to Sleep To) and I C U (Music to Read To) but far noisier.
Her plans for a U.S. tour with Deftones and Gojira this year had to be postponed due to COVID-19. They decided to reschedule the dates to fall 2021.
A Very Poppy Christmas Track List
1. I Like Presents
2. I Won’t Be Home For Christmas
3. Kiss in the Snow
4. Silver Bells
Photo credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva
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