You gotta love it when a small Indie label puts together a Christmas album. Especially their first. Its chaos out front and chaos in the back. But, in the end, you get amazingly original music. Air Punch is a Melbourne based collective and they're preparing to "release" their first holiday set featuring most of the artists in the collective and then some. Official release of the digital set "Ham For Days" is December 11 (if they finish by then; if not, hey, whatever). In the meantime, they've been posting some of the songs on Soundcloud. When it's complete, it should still be free, but you're forgiven if you want to wait until they've got it organized as a playlist.
Of what's been posted so far, there were four songs I was especially fond of. "Stood Up On Christmas" by Lucas Heenan was probably the one I listened to the most. His offering is Indie Rock a bit reminiscent of some seventies Pop ("Crackerbox Palace" is what is now stuck in my head, but that may be because of last week's vintage SNL airing). Helena Plazzer is both retro chic and thoroughly modern Indie on "Christmas Truce". Either of those songs would delight and sparkle on a holiday mix.
But the two I'm featuring here were the best and brightest (in my opinion and no pun intended). Peter Joseph Head offers a super fun Indie Alt Pop visit to "The Streets Where The Lights Are On" ("The stuff should all be up by now but it won't be there for long"). Peter believes pop music can be both accessible and adventurous and he proves it here.
And, just below, you'll find "Secret Santa" from Lehmann B. Smith. Lehmann is said to be a virtual encyclopedia of musical sounds and influences from which he creates his unique brand of "oddball pop". "Secret Santa" has got quite a bit rolled into it. Altogether, it sounds like a funkified spaghetti western. It's super cool; I just wish it were longer. All this and more on "Ham For Days: An Airpunch Christmas Album". Hit the Air Punch Soundcloud feed to check it out (with, again, the proviso that it probably isn't finished yet).
UPDATE: Don't know why Air Punch took the "free" off this download of "Secret Santa". I just wish artists would wait more than a couple of hours after I post them to do so. You're making us all look bad.
UPDATE UPDATE: Oh, hey, look! The download arrow's back! I guess somebody reads this stuff, afterall. And they've got it up in playlist form, now, too. Also available on Bandcamp.
Of what's been posted so far, there were four songs I was especially fond of. "Stood Up On Christmas" by Lucas Heenan was probably the one I listened to the most. His offering is Indie Rock a bit reminiscent of some seventies Pop ("Crackerbox Palace" is what is now stuck in my head, but that may be because of last week's vintage SNL airing). Helena Plazzer is both retro chic and thoroughly modern Indie on "Christmas Truce". Either of those songs would delight and sparkle on a holiday mix.
But the two I'm featuring here were the best and brightest (in my opinion and no pun intended). Peter Joseph Head offers a super fun Indie Alt Pop visit to "The Streets Where The Lights Are On" ("The stuff should all be up by now but it won't be there for long"). Peter believes pop music can be both accessible and adventurous and he proves it here.
And, just below, you'll find "Secret Santa" from Lehmann B. Smith. Lehmann is said to be a virtual encyclopedia of musical sounds and influences from which he creates his unique brand of "oddball pop". "Secret Santa" has got quite a bit rolled into it. Altogether, it sounds like a funkified spaghetti western. It's super cool; I just wish it were longer. All this and more on "Ham For Days: An Airpunch Christmas Album". Hit the Air Punch Soundcloud feed to check it out (with, again, the proviso that it probably isn't finished yet).
UPDATE: Don't know why Air Punch took the "free" off this download of "Secret Santa". I just wish artists would wait more than a couple of hours after I post them to do so. You're making us all look bad.
UPDATE UPDATE: Oh, hey, look! The download arrow's back! I guess somebody reads this stuff, afterall. And they've got it up in playlist form, now, too. Also available on Bandcamp.
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