Mistletonia Christmas Compilation
What:
Mistletonia Christmas compilation
Who:
Various Artists
On:
Mistletone Records
Where:
TITLE / Mistletone Shop
MySpace:
Here
Related links:
Download High Places and John Maus tracks here
Launch:
Sun Dec 23 at The Tote, featuring Kes Band, Ned Collette, Ross McLennan, Pikelet, Barrage, Grand Salvo and Francis Plagne, plus DJs, BBQ and door prizes, $12
Just as Christmas crystallizes forever as a crushing, final symbol of avarice and greed, along comes Mistletonia - a sundry new collection of yuletide songs instigated by the ever-surprising Mistletone Records. After an astounding year for the Carlton-based indie, during which they released the likes of Black Dice, Panda Bear and Dan Deacon locally, the label has seen fit to celebrate, releasing the album they 'were always meant to make' in a genuine spirit of family festivity and merry-making.
Like Scrooge's series of transformative visions, these thirteen songs' honest sense of generosity will leave you feeling cheerful, benevolent and ready to meet the parents.
Thankfully, Mistletonia sounds both pro- and anti-Christmas by turns. Tomorrow's best gothic pop proponent, John Maus (USA), offers a hyper-tense keyboard sleigh-chase soundtrack, and Brighton, UK's guitar weirdos The Sticks make drunken outbursts at the end of Christmas lunch. Closer to home, Ned Collette Band's inspired cover of Jethro Tull's 'Christmas Song' subtley warns against festive gluttony with breezy lap steel and a wry, vocodered lyric, while Kes presents a clear-eyed glimpse of proceedings with jaunty, self-reflexive wonderment.
Release: Compilation
To Cure: A predictable playlist
Keywords: Mistletone Records
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