Christmas Post #113: Christmas is...Home!

“Listen. Does this sound familiar?
You wake up every morning,
Go to school every day.
Spend your nights on the corner
Just passing the time away.
Your life is so lonely like a child without a toy.
Then a miracle - a boy.
And that's called 'glad'...

...I packed my clothes
And left home that night."

Shangri-Las - I Can Never Go Home Anymore

“And I have no doubts
You’re still angry
Baby, we can work this all out”

Math and Physics Club - Darling, Please Come Home

“They're singing "Deck The Halls"
But it's not like Christmas at all
Cuz I remember when you were here
And all the fun we had last year

They're singing "Deck The Halls"
But it's not like Christmas at all
Cuz I remember when you were here
And all the fun we had last year”

The Raveonettes - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

“I will stay if you let me stay and I'll go if you let go, but I won't go far away, because you're my only home”

The Magnetic Fields - You're my only Home

Also see:

Christmas Post #111: Christmas is... Snow!

Christmas Post #112: Christmas is... Presents!

Christmas Post #114: The Things That Really Matter

10 obvious reasons to be excited about Benicassim 2008

Battles - Atlas
Sigur Ros - Untitled 3
Morrissey & Siouxsie - Interlude
The National - Slow Show
Death Cab for Cutie - A Lack of Color
These New Puritans - Elvis
Black Lips - Not a Problem
My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
Spiritualized - Anyway That You Want Me
The Futureheads - The Beginning of the Twist

You can also download them all in one single folder from here

-> -> -> and of course visit fib!

The same thing we do every night, Pinky

*Death Cab for Cutie can talk about changing and experimenting on their new album until their tongues drop off 'cause all I hear is the same same same. A somewhat different (and worse) version of their old stuff. I mean really - you would've thought that after "Plans" they would have enough confidence (and funds) to take their music a step further. Instead it was one huge leap backwards. It's not so much that 'Narrow Stairs' is really bad. It's just that they're getting so boring.

(And this is the shortest song on the album)
Death Cab for Cutie - No Sunlight

*Then again, you'll be all "Who needs anything new?? Just stick with what you know!" after hearing the Guillemots new effort. Uhm, no - see, even the word "effort" in relation to this album sounds wrong. It would imply that they've actually tried to make some decent music and that just doesn't seem possible. 'Red', however, seemed to receive good reviews from an impressive/alarming number of music-lovers on the blogosphere. Rumor has it that this is what really happened:

indieboy77: so, what did you think of the Guillemots' new album? Have you heard it yet?
fuckmeimtwee: yes! I love it... I've only listened to it once but it sounds great! u?
indieboy77: what?! uhm...okaay. listen. what did it sound like?
fuckmeimtwee: huh?
indieboy77: well -
indieboy77: did it sound subtle and sweet and lo-fi?
indieboy77: ...or overproduced, clumsy, undecided about its genre, made-for-eurovision, confused and confusing?
fuckmeimtwee: what? it sounded like Guillemots - you know
fuckmeimtwee: melodical, more electronic influences than on the last one...
fuckmeimtwee: still sweet though
indieboy77: gosh.
indieboy77: i hate to break it to you, but that's a fake.
indieboy77: a lot of people downloaded it - it's a french dude called 'T'. Notice the accent
fuckmeimtwee: WHAT??? no waay! I did notice the accent; I thought it was weird but...
fuckmeimtwee: you sure?
indieboy77: I'm afraid so.. Wait, I'll send you the real thing.

* the girl not-so-cleverly disguised as 'fuckmeimtwee' listens to first song - is horrified - wishes she hadn't chatted with 'indieboy77' - goes back to T's album

T - Dancing Together (T)
T - Newcomer (T)

And because I don't actually like being a hater here are some 2008 songs I've been really enjoying this week:

Drew Danburry - Lynette I Love You (God bless Said the Gramophone!)
Cassettes Won't Listen - Freeze and Explode (Small-Time Machine)
Slow Club - When I Go (Waiting waiting waiting for an album!)