I Like Trains: Last Christmas

This is an alternative rock band from Leeds, England, who is embarking on a huge tour through the UK in 2011, to support their sophomore album, He Who Saw the Deep (just recently released in October).

The band’s been around since 2006, and their debut album, Elegies to Lessons Learnt, was released on Beggars Banquet Records. The band’s no stranger to Christmas music, having already released a semi-Christmas song called “The Christmas Tree Ship” on the same-named EP, but “Last Christmas” does not appear on that release.

So, as you listen to I Like Trains’ version of “Last Christmas”, it’s a bit somber. When a song’s been slowed down like this, you can really, really hear all the lyrics in its sadness.

You can grab their version of “Last Christmas” via their website.

Below are their entire confirmed 2011 tour dates:

01/12/11 Comet Club – Berlin 01/13/11 Perron 55 – Venlo 01/14/11 Ekko – Utrecht 01/15/11 Botanique Rotonde – Brussels 01/17/11 Karlstorbahnhof – Heidelberg* 01/18/11 Gleis 22 – Munster* 01/19/11 Gebaude 9 – Cologne* 01/21/11 Knust – Hamburg* 01/22/11 Beatpol – Dresden* 01/23/11 Brotfabrik – Frankfurt* 01/24/11 Kranhalle – Munich* 01/26/11 Chelsea – Vienna 01/27/11 Ligera – Milan * support from Delay Trees

01/28/11 Bronson – Ravenna 01/29/11 Rote Fabrik – Zurich 01/30/11 Rocking Chair – Vevey 01/31/11 La Rocher Palmer – Bordeaux 02/02/11 The Hope – Brighton^ 02/03/11 Moles – Bath^ 02/05/11 Norwich Arts Centre – Norwich^ 02/06/11 The Jericho – Oxford^ 02/07/11 Nottingham Bodega – Nottingham^ 02/09/11 Fusion – Sheffield^ 02/10/11 Shipping Forecast – Liverpool^ 02/11/11 The Duchess – York^ 03/10/11 Camden Barfly – London – XFM show ^ support from Napoleon IIIrd