Matthew Duffy has his 'Last Christmas'

Openly gay musician Matthew Duffy (an AfterElton "Artist To Watch" back in 2005) just released a brand new cover of perennial holiday favorite, "Last Christmas", on his MySpace page. The song was first made popular by Wham! back in 1984 and has been covered by a bajillion artists since then. Duffy manages to differentiate himself from the pack by offering up a very nice, low-key electropop rendition that's reminiscent of Depeche Mode and Erasure, both bands Duffy has mentioned as having influenced his music.

Between this and the Chris Garneau holiday single, "It’s Almost Christmas", I posted about on Friday, I’ve got the beginnings of a pretty sweet Gay Holiday Mix CD for 2007.