It’s nearly Christmas time again and that makes it time for this year’s freebie from Swedish singer Sofia Talvik and it is called “Santa”. That is, of course, a very good name for a song at this time of the year.
As usual, Ms Talvik neatly avoids excessive amounts of sentiment – as she does at other times of the year as well – instead aiming this dry little tale once more at the broken hearted and, in an imaginative move, driving the song along with a retro drum machine and a liberal dose of cheesy synths that will make it fit neatly in with the back to the past music prevalent over the Christmas season. You have to respect the way Ms Talvik aims her songs directly at her target.
Ms Talvik is also using this song to highlight The Body Shop and ECPAT’s campaign against trafficking of children and young people while the song itself is available as a free download from Ms Talvik’s website.