John Ralston – Jesus Christ b/w A Marigny Xmas

24 Hour Service Station is proud to release John Ralston’s “Jesus Christ” backed with the New Orleans heart breaker “A Marigny Xmas” just in time for the Christmas Holiday season. A demo version of “A Marigny Christmas” comes bundled with the complimentary download of the songs included with purchase of the vinyl single. Pressing limited to 300 total copies; 150 red & 150 white. Click John’s name above to order yours.

Photography by Monica McGivern

John Ralston ‘Jesus Christ’ (24 hour service station). We’ve got very little information on this other than to say it’ll be appearing just in time for Christmas pressed up on limited quantities of red and white vinyl (300 in fact). ‘Jesus Christ’ is a bit of gem all said, the draping of looping drone chimes endow it with an enchanting quietly epic demeanour that sounds for all the world as though through the silent flurry of blurring snow drifts an oncoming cavalry is navigating the frost tipped landscapes homeward bound whilst despatched amid a sonic coda that not for the first time (and I suspect not the last) in this missive loosely coils itself delicately around a melodic motif subtly threaded from ‘little drummer boy’ – that said we here are thinking that long time admirers of Cheval Sombre and the like should lap this up. Flip the disc for the utterly adoring and disarming honey toned countrified traits of ‘A Marigny Christmas’ – a softly tendered swaying strum drilled nugget tempered and turned with just the right requisite amount of smoked and stoked home bound and heart heaving warmth as to have you stopping dead in your tracks and sparing time for a moment of reflection. May break hearts. – losingtoday.com