Pitchfork Magazine: Most renditions of the Christmas standard "Little Drummer Boy" clock out at about a minute and a half-- just enough time for most of us to forget what comes after the fifth pa-rum-pa-pum-pum. But Norwegian space-disco kingpin Hans-Peter Lindstrøm has a bigger commitment to that boy and his drum than most of us do. Lindstrøm is currently at work on a 40-minute version of the song. Exactly the kind of thing that could freak the fuck out of some poor shepherds in fields as they lay.

Lindstrøm is no stranger to epic-length tracks; the title jam from his 2008 masterwork Where You Go I Go Too ended just shy of the 29-minute mark. But it'll be fascinating to see him apply his vintage synth-burble to a song that gets drunkenly murdered at thousands of office Christmas parties every single year.

 Lindstrøm's "Little Drummer Boy" is being created for the famed British record shop Rough Trade. It'll be available this December as a bonus disc for Real Life Is No Cool, Lindstrøm's forthcoming collaborative album with singer Christabelle. The only way to get it will be through Rough Trade's Album Club, web site, or stores.


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