London Rock Phenomenon The Kut Spares A Thought For Gloria While We’re Waiting For Christmas

The Kut 
Waiting For Christmas 
Criminal Records 
 
The Kut is back to welcome in the festive cheer and bring home a message of care for everyone at this open-hearted time. Waiting For Christmas is the charity single that raises funds every year and has now entered its fifth annual release. A fantastic ballad sung by The Kut and set to a moving music video; the grunge rockers tone down their cacophony to show us their more tender side. We still get a great rock song and the Christmas spirit is entangled like last-year's fairy-lights well within the music. This year’s charity, chosen by The Kut, is White Ribbon Charity and for every sale of the record, £1 will go to them. What do they do? White Ribbon feels that men and boys need to be educated on how to treat women and make a genuine effort to end violence against women. No one’s saying that all men and boys are going to hurt women unless they’re taught. Like Santa knows, some of us are naughty and the rest of us are nice. Most people of all genders are perfectly safe to be around. Men and boys are statistically more likely to be involved in violent crime against their partners and their friends so a gender-specific approach is needed to address this. It may feel discriminatory for a lot of men and boys, we just have to take one for the country on this. Women and girls need us. Mutual respect across genders is of course essential for healthy relationships and for staying out of trouble, and for some, knowing how to manage emotions is a real problem. Whether you’re upset, angry, or attracted, you can’t let your emotions break the rules with anybody. There are plenty of legal and safe ways to express yourself. So that being said, the charity message loud and clear, let’s give the song another listen and I’ll describe it with today’s ears ready. 
 
The Kut enters with her synonymous voice, the punk twinge layers like icing on the lush flow of bluesy sombre musicianship. Guitars and bass play a slow melody of picked chords, roots, and fifths on a scale of minor introspection. As the chorus hits, the band revs up a gear and pushes the energy into an orbital destination. Once the rockets are fired, and the celebration fulfils, a new verse brings us back down to Earth, where trouble and worries still mingle with the tinsel and baubles. We can lend them our peace in these caring days, free from judgement, making peace with the moment to welcome in an empowered new year. One step at a time will be enough for anybody.  
 
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