boys don't get this pretty w/out drugs (a xmas album)

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1.	o holy night 02:12	buy track
2.	xmas (baby pls come home) [Darlene Love/Phil Spector cover] 04:08	buy track
3.	cold white xmas [Casiotone for the Painfully Alone cover] 05:39	buy track
4.	it came upon a midnight clear 03:24	buy track
5.	did i make you cry on xmas day? (well, you deserved it!) [Sufjan Stevens cover] 03:19	buy track
6.	i'm not yr baby, and i brought my winter coat (a revenge parable) 05:15	buy track
7.	jesus' blood never failed me yet 05:45	buy track
8.	have yrself a merry little xmas 05:15	buy track

about

in the past i've always held the belief that once a recording artist releases a xmas album their "career" has come to a halt or otherwise some sort of turning point... that being said should the "world come to an end" on 12.21.2012 this being the final TBI release will be somewhat apropos

i know "jesus' blood" isn't really a traditional xmas song but i love it (thx gavin bryars) so this seemed like an appropriate time to record a cover version

i hate "baby it's cold outside," most xmas songs are awful but it is the absolute worst

december is the cruelest month, ts eliot had his shit backwards

credits

released December 18, 2012

recorded within a few weeks of late november/early december 2012 at coattrack HQ in portland, or.

all instruments/production/mixing/mastering by d. schultz

vocals by the wonderfully talented Kelsey Koch on "xmas (baby pls come home)" and "did I make you cry on xmas day?" to whom i am greatly indebted b/c she totally obviously killed on those tracks

big thank yous for the support from: Erin, Mathew, Maddie & Cheyanne (for helping with choosing the album name via Twitter), Jesse, RJ, Steve-o, Katie, Sheri, Clay.

this is a joint coattrack/APNEICVOID release
CTR015 / APNEICVOID_004

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