DIY it’s Christmas time: Dear Santa… Love Wild Beasts
Ahead of the festivities, we’ve asked bands to share their letters to Father Christmas. Here’s Hayden from Wild Beasts, with his band hopes for the New Year.
‘Tis well and truly the season of goodwill, dear readers. It’s that time for final tree adjustments, eggnog organisation and of course, the most important job of all. Getting those letters signed, sealed and delivered off to the North Pole should be the thing to take priority right now - how on earth will Santa know that you want a selfie stick otherwise?
Bands are no exception, and after winding down from a busy year, it’s absolutely critical that they remember to check in with the big guy in the red suit. Before they popped their letter in the postbox, though, we asked some musicians to give us a cheeky glimpse of what they want for Christmas, from future hopes to present wishlists.
Wolf Alice, Superfood and Kero Kero Bonito have already got in on the letter writing fun, and next up it’s the turn of Hayden from Wild Beasts, with a request so simple and poetic that you may well weep a solitary tear.
Dear Santa,
For Christmas, I would like a slow cooker. We’re going to start writing again next year, and I have this romantic idea about, you know, putting this bunch of wholesome ingredients into a machine in the morning, going to work, writing a hit, coming home and then having this beautiful hearty dish waiting. Having got over the fact that I’ll never own an aga - certainly not in London - this is the closest I could possibly come to this ideal.
And, I guess a slow cooker in some ways symbolises what I’m trying to be as a person; patient. Allow things to take their own course. I think slow cookers in some ways are a nice metaphor. It’s always the cheap, tough meat that with enough care and attention, becomes the tastiest and the softest - so that’s just something to think about.
Many festive returns,
Hayden
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