The winning headline, of course, would be "Free Hot Breakfast!" Unfortunately, there's actually a band called Free Hot Breakfast (but no exclamation point, so there's that).
No, the Hot Breakfast! we have in mind (and in our hearts) are the duo of Matt Casarino and Jill Knapp from Delaware. They perform what they call Dork Rock, which is basically Power Pop music based upon observations of the idiosyncracies of human existence. Like, for instance, do you still have Christmas shopping to do? Of course you do. For goodness sake, you had 12 months to get it done; it's not like Christmas is some "surprise holiday". Well, then, identify with and heed the words of "An Idiot For Christmas". Do you tell people you were stuck with "The Holiday Shift" when, really, you volunteered for it to stay away from friends and family? It's holiday pay, after all, and "yes, I can move slower". Or maybe you just really enjoy the little things about the holiday. There may be nothing more humanly idiosyncratic than this:
No, the Hot Breakfast! we have in mind (and in our hearts) are the duo of Matt Casarino and Jill Knapp from Delaware. They perform what they call Dork Rock, which is basically Power Pop music based upon observations of the idiosyncracies of human existence. Like, for instance, do you still have Christmas shopping to do? Of course you do. For goodness sake, you had 12 months to get it done; it's not like Christmas is some "surprise holiday". Well, then, identify with and heed the words of "An Idiot For Christmas". Do you tell people you were stuck with "The Holiday Shift" when, really, you volunteered for it to stay away from friends and family? It's holiday pay, after all, and "yes, I can move slower". Or maybe you just really enjoy the little things about the holiday. There may be nothing more humanly idiosyncratic than this:
It don't matter where you live or where you work
If you're the boss, you're middle management or clerk
If you're scraping by or wearing corporate clothes
Everyone's a child when it snows
If you're the boss, you're middle management or clerk
If you're scraping by or wearing corporate clothes
Everyone's a child when it snows
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1. Don't Get Me Anything 2. The Holiday Shift 3. Everyone's a Child When it Snows 4. I'll Be Home On Christmas Eve (2018 Remix) 5. Christmas Is For Believers 6. Clean Blank Slate 7. An Idiot for Christmas |
The songs on "The Holiday Shift" are about all of us. Possibly in spite of ourselves. They're songs about being human. We're all idiots for Christmas. And, if we're not, then we're idiots for not being idiots (I confess I have one friend who finishes her Christmas shopping by the end of February. Where's the fun in that?). They're fun songs, they rock, they're free. What more could you ask from Christmas songs?
"The Holiday Shift" was originally recorded and released in 2016. We all remember what 2016 was like. All other considerations aside, Hot Breakfast! mastered the songs themselves and were pleased, but not thrilled, with the results. You know how it is when something feels unfinished. It just sits on your shoulder and gets bigger and louder until you do something about it. So Hot Breakfast! got the amazing Cliff Hillis to remaster "The Holiday Shift" for 2018. You know Cliff Hillis (or you should). Cliff's done his own share of Christmas tunes (some of which are still free to download on Soundcloud). And word on the street is that Cliff is a master of mastering (and re-mastering). So now, without changing the original performances, "The Holiday Shift" sounds the way Hot Breakfast! always hoped it would. Get your download of "The Holiday Shift" while it's still hot at Bandcamp. Newly Remixed and Remastered for 2018. Name-your-price (0 works). And have a Dork Rock Christmas.
"The Holiday Shift" was originally recorded and released in 2016. We all remember what 2016 was like. All other considerations aside, Hot Breakfast! mastered the songs themselves and were pleased, but not thrilled, with the results. You know how it is when something feels unfinished. It just sits on your shoulder and gets bigger and louder until you do something about it. So Hot Breakfast! got the amazing Cliff Hillis to remaster "The Holiday Shift" for 2018. You know Cliff Hillis (or you should). Cliff's done his own share of Christmas tunes (some of which are still free to download on Soundcloud). And word on the street is that Cliff is a master of mastering (and re-mastering). So now, without changing the original performances, "The Holiday Shift" sounds the way Hot Breakfast! always hoped it would. Get your download of "The Holiday Shift" while it's still hot at Bandcamp. Newly Remixed and Remastered for 2018. Name-your-price (0 works). And have a Dork Rock Christmas.
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