Gazelle Twin is the operating persona of Elizabeth Bernholz, a producer and composer from Brighton who makes challenging sounds for discerning listeners. If you want an easy pop foot-tapper this will not be "your jam", lovers of Fever Ray and The Knife however will no doubt enjoy the dark beats, affected vocals and stage theatricality. Some may not warm to an avant-garde performance delivered by a costumed artiste but, of course, that's the point.
After a year that saw the release of critically acclaimed fifth LP Pastoral, a dark reflection on proto-Brexit Britain that dug deeper into the country's two sided argument than The Good The Bad & The Queen's similarly themed sophomore release, Gazelle Twin has delivered a suitably vexing festive double-header.
DIRGE MMXVIII features brooding, menacing versions of Latin carol Gaudete and Franz Xaver Gruber & Joseph Mohr's Silent Night. Steeleye Span's 1973 version of Gaudete is festive staple, appearing on a surfeit of playlists and compilation albums, though I'm rather partial to the Pure Reason Revolution take from a few years back.
Neither version here may be traditionally festive, their aural darkness perhaps better suited as soundtrack music to an Inside Number 9 Christmas special, but they are both intriguing additions to your yuletide playlist.
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