A trio composed of indie music stalwarts – Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom – have announced the forthcoming album A Peace of Us—an LP comprised of diverse holiday tunes filtered through their musical imaginations. The album will be released on November 22nd via Carpark Records.
It’s described as a collection that draws from early ‘60s pop, garage, country, James Bond soundtracks, Christmas carols, and electronica. Dean Wareham recalls a sentiment from his DJ friend Chris: “You can experience all the emotions of Christmas through music: love and hate, joy and heartache, nostalgia, regret, anticipation, and frustration.”
The first single to be released from the album is ”Pretty Paper‘, written by Willie Nelson and originally performed by Roy Orbison. Dean Wareham says: ‘ this was a hit for Roy Orbison in 1963 and it’s a pretty song but the lyrics, about a man who sits alone on the sidewalk outside a department store selling ribbons and paper, are sad.’
The video for the single, directed by Leanna Kaiser, can be seen below.
The album tracklisting is as follows:
- Snow Is Falling In Manhattan
- Pretty Paper
- Do you Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown>
- Old Toy Trains
- Snow
- Silver Snowflakes
- Stille Nacht
- You’re All I Want For Christmas
- Christmas Can’t Be Far Away
- He’s Coming Home
- Little Altar Boy
- If We Make It Through December
- Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
- Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
