{"id":558,"date":"2013-12-18T09:44:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T14:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=558"},"modified":"2014-01-15T09:10:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T14:10:15","slug":"the-crookes-its-just-not-christmas-without-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/the-crookes-its-just-not-christmas-without-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crookes <br>\u201cIt\u2019s Just Not Christmas Without You\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/the_crookes-its_just_not_christmas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-559\" alt=\"The Crookes, It's Just Not Christmas Without You\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/the_crookes-its_just_not_christmas.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/the_crookes-its_just_not_christmas.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/the_crookes-its_just_not_christmas-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s that time of year again, when it\u2019s hard to miss the ubiquitous airings of familiar refrains either celebrating the holiday season or bemoaning it for one reason or another. For my money, the best Christmas pop has always been of the melancholy variety. From even before The King sang \u201cBlue Christmas,\u201d artists have tapped into the loneliness that is just as present as joy in December, and the results have usually proven to be more powerful.<\/p>\n<p>In that vein, Sheffield quartet The Crookes has digitally released \u201cIt\u2019s Just Not Christmas Without You.\u201d With the band\u2019s strikingly Smithian Brit-pop accented by bells of both the jingle and church variety, the song pulls on one\u2019s heartstrings in all the right ways.\u00a0 Like on so many classics, singer George White is missing his baby as he sings, \u201cDarling, my heart still longs to be with you. Come home.\u201d Why he and his girl didn\u2019t make better plans, we\u2019ll never know, but the song is a potent reminder that Christmas can be just as much a sad time of the year as the most wonderful. 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