Back around 2007, the Scottish Indie Rock band Frightened Rabbit recorded a Christmas song that has really become a favorite of a whole lot of folks, "It's Christmas, So We'll Stop". I would even count the tune as influential in the direction Christmas music has taken since. Sure, you still get your Michael Bubles, your Justin Biebers, your Blake Sheltons, and the occasional complete weirdness of a John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John album. But Indie Christmas music has exploded since then and I think Frightened Rabbit's track played a role in that. It was so underground at first, that it was over-ground, if you know what I'm saying. Throw in the Sufjan Stevens stuff (before it was released commercially), and Indie Christmas was definitely bubbling up all over.
Scott Hutchinson, the lead vocalist and lyricist for the band, wrote a new Christmas tune for 2012 and what we get on "She Screams Christmas" is a hauntingly lovely acoustic basement performance, which, has it happens, suits the song very well. Tried to get this up earlier today but Scott's first upload exhausted its allowable bandwidth very quickly (a couple hours, tops). Undaunted, Scott handed the track off to Stereogum and you can now download the track there. I suspect you'll be hearing a lot of this tune...certainly next year and for years to come. Nonetheless, I'm sure you'll want to download it now. I mean, who knows how much bandwidth Stereogum has?
Scott asks that, if you like "She Screams Christmas" (and you will), consider making a donation to the Cystinosis Foundation UK. Scott's young niece, Morven, suffers from Cystinosis and the Foundation's work will help her to survive as the disease attacks her kidneys, eyes, and other organs (a kidney transplant is inevitable).
One other little detail, the mp3 is properly tagged (so many aren't) and lists the "album" as "As Christmas As We Come". Is a Frightened Rabbit Christmas album in the offing? Let's hope so. I mean, why the hell not, right?
Scott Hutchinson, the lead vocalist and lyricist for the band, wrote a new Christmas tune for 2012 and what we get on "She Screams Christmas" is a hauntingly lovely acoustic basement performance, which, has it happens, suits the song very well. Tried to get this up earlier today but Scott's first upload exhausted its allowable bandwidth very quickly (a couple hours, tops). Undaunted, Scott handed the track off to Stereogum and you can now download the track there. I suspect you'll be hearing a lot of this tune...certainly next year and for years to come. Nonetheless, I'm sure you'll want to download it now. I mean, who knows how much bandwidth Stereogum has?
Scott asks that, if you like "She Screams Christmas" (and you will), consider making a donation to the Cystinosis Foundation UK. Scott's young niece, Morven, suffers from Cystinosis and the Foundation's work will help her to survive as the disease attacks her kidneys, eyes, and other organs (a kidney transplant is inevitable).
One other little detail, the mp3 is properly tagged (so many aren't) and lists the "album" as "As Christmas As We Come". Is a Frightened Rabbit Christmas album in the offing? Let's hope so. I mean, why the hell not, right?
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