Los Campesinos! - A Los Campesinos! Christmas - White - VINYL LP

The most political music is often the most explicit, battering it's audience with it's beliefs. But that isn't always the case; sometimes it embeds it's ideas in subtler, more successful ways.Take The Hotelier (previously The Hotel Year), whose second full-length Home, Like Noplace Is There is comprised of what can only be described as anthemic, cathartic rock songs, sent occasionally to delicate and destructive extremes. Singer Christian Holden pushes his clean voice until it crumbles, on InchThe Scope of All of This RebuildingInch against a strutting pace, and on the furious InchLife in DragInch, but most powerfully during the chorus of InchYour Deep RestInch where his words are heart-wrenching and haunting. As drummer Sam Frederick stamps out an enormous beat and chords - strummed by Cody Millet, Scott Ayotte, and Chris Hoffman - clamor around him, Holden sings, InchI called in sick from your funeral / tradition of closure made it feel impossible.../ I should have never kept my word to you / Not a cry not a sound / Might've learned how to swim but never taught how to drown /You said remember me for me, I need to set my spirit free.InchBy making political statements through personal explorations, The Hotelier has not only make a uniquely political record, but also a subtler, more successful one.

Vinyl LP pressing. The first time vinyl for this classic Low holiday recording. Low's attention to musical detail combined with the heavenly vocal harmonies of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker are perfectly attuned to both traditional carols like 'Silent Night' and more contemporary tunes such as 'Blue Christmas'. Christmas contains a selection of seasonal songs, including four originals by the band, mostly recorded at Low's 20 Below studio in Duluth, MN.

Various Artists - Weihnachten [VINYL LP] date 01/01/1983