Darling West is letting you go for Christmas

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Ever since 2023's Lights album, Norwegian countryrockers Darling West are on our radar. On Lights, they presented original Christmas songs and tasteful covers of classics. And that marked releases of new original songs and Xmas covers almost every (end of the) year.
So no suprise, here they are again: a collab with Funny Weather, aka Fredrik Wallin, who plays the bass in Little Dragon. That might explain the more beat-driven direction, but don't worry, there's a pedal steel present too. The title would suggest a Donny Hathaway cover, but no.

There's also a funky skip in this track, that reminds me of the more upbeat Dolly Parton tracks. The song itself is far from upbeat, the lyrics are about hibernation, letting the other one go and how that will be a relief. All that, while whistling to the melody.

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