The new Refestramus single “I Ruined Christmas” is a wet blanket for the holidays, chronicling the perils of parental disappointment, political disagreements, sleeping with someone’s hot sister and smoking joints in the garage before Xmas dinner.
Refestramus composer/drummer/ leader Derek Ferguson says, “My favorite bit is the line ‘it’s like I told you before, it won’t happen again, my dear’ – we know that even as they apologize, they haven’t really learned anything from their mistakes and will undoubtedly be repeating them.”
The music video features clips of Refestramus’ rock video girl Agent M plotting mayhem on friends and family, who aren’t in very good moods at their holiday tables. It shows the band in the studio looking mighty ornery, too.
The video goes live on Friday, 12 noon CT/ 10 AM PT/ 5 pm UK time at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z1o-P6qBlc
Along with Derek Ferguson, the band members are guitarist Derek Pavlic and producer Ian Beabout (Colouratura), with long time vocalist NIDA, and a host of festivity-spoiling guests: bassist Jerry King (Cloud over Jupiter), keyboardist Dyanne Potter Voegtlin (Potter’s Daughter), and saxophonist Mitch Lawrence.
The basic tracks of which were recorded at Aardvark Productions in Steubenville with engineering talents of Dan Bozek and Crack the Sky’s Rick Witkowski.
“I Ruined Christmas” appears on Melodic Revolution Records’ latest holiday anthology ‘Spirit of December Eight’ which will be available on Bandcamp at
https://myrevolution.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-of-december-eight
“I Ruined Christmas” comes to you hot off the heels of the critically divisive “Intouríst” album, released through Melodic Revolution Records. After ruining progressive art rock last May, the Grinche’s of Prog, Refestramus, have simply grown in ambition.
Hailing from Lakeview Chicago, Illinois, fans are calling Refestramus “the Punks of Prog” because “this song is out to spoil your holidaze next month,” says Derek Ferguson, “The good news is you can make everyone’s holidays better by gifting ‘I Ruined Christmas!’”
The I Ruined Christmas Sessions
NIDA – lead and backing vocals
Mitch Lawrence – saxophones
Derek Pavlic – guitar
Dyanne Potter Voegtlin – piano, keyboards and Moog synthesizer
Jerry King – bass
Derek Ferguson – drums, sleigh bells, glockenspiel, bass drum
Additional Information:
Produced by Ian Beabout and Derek Ferguson
Mastering Engineer: Ian Beabout
Recording studio: Aardvark Productions and The Rec. Room, Steubenville OH
Record label: Melodic Revolution Records
Refestramus Online:
Website: www.refestramus.com
Melodic Revolution Records Online:
https://li.sten.to/mrrmusiccom
