Thursday, 3 December 2020

VoicePlay ft Adriana Arellano - You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch


22 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!

View You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch video here (YouTube)
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Once upon an ever after, I discovered the peppermint winter delights of a cappella geniuses VoicePlay. Their vocal only productions are matched only by the innovative visuals, taking listeners down the rabbit hole into magical new worlds that thrill and delight. They may be on a mission (jingle bells) to master every season - over the years they have transformed nearly every song on The Nightmare Before Christmas into a Hallowe'eny treat; and that is just a warm up to the Yuletide wonders they gift wrap each time the most wonderful time of year rolls around. Turns out I write about their Christmas music a lot on this day, so this year should be no different. They've teamed up with Adriana Arellano to take on the sassy denouement of You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch. It is what my mum would call "a bobby dazzler" of an interpretation...

The lush textured vocals are on full display as they begin with a chorus of a Whoville chart-topper before turning their attention to a delicious character assassination of the holiday-hating overgrown hobbit. Geoff's lower register sends delectable chills down your spine while J-None's soulful melisma has you tingling from head to (mistle)toe. Eli and Adriana both give a candy-cane sweetness to their singing that is a glorious juxtaposition to the words, killing The Grinch's anti-Christmas spirit with kindness in every mellifluous note. Of course, this is all swathed in intricate harmonies and Layne's peppy sleigh ride of a percussion. Multiple viewings of the accompanying visual are required to appreciate the witty repartee and textured arrangements. Jim Carrey's Grinch would loathe and despise this - all the more reason to love it!



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