Kaminski’s “Christmas Forever” is a refreshing take on the holiday season. The mix of vaporwave, slow core, and chamber pop creates a unique sound that sets it apart from the typical Christmas tunes. The lyrics paint a bleak picture, but the rich instrumentation and boys choir bring a sense of cheer and festivity. It’s far from your average holiday song, instead choosing to drape itself in an atmosphere that’s decidedly almost postmodern and wonderfully differentiated. The quaint electronic pop soundscape, the rather pushed back vocals, and the heavy processing deployed create a futuristic holiday tune that perhaps serves to even further the message of this evergreen holiday and festivity.
Somehow managing to sound at once melancholic and also festive, ‘Christmas Forever’ perhaps gets you in the mood you appear to be in and doubles that emotion down with its own atmosphere. To me, it’s got a rather powerful nostalgic grip to it that just has you reminiscing memories of the years gone by and cherishing the ones you’re yet to make.