Soft Speak Records Buy: Limited Vinyl | Bandcamp | Limited Vinyl Repress Chris Farren released the absolutely wonderful Like a Gift from God or Whatever digitally last year, and its unique songwriting and fantastic production made it a quick favorite in the CU household. This year, Chris and Soft Speak Records decided to wrap a bow on …
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Self Released / Soft Speak Records Buy: Bandcamp | Very Limited Vinyl | Limited Vinyl Repress Naples-based singer-songwriter Chris Farren has a very interesting Christmas record coming out tomorrow. I can’t say I knew too much about him, but certainly recognized his “The Smiths” t-shirt that made the rounds earlier this year. This ignorance left me quite surprised …
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Self Released Buy: Bandcamp Let’s talk about records. I mean, an album as a full album. Some indie Christmas folks have done this well, creating an album of largely originals that you can listen to and critique as a whole – Chris Farren initially comes to mind. Milwaukee’s L’Resorts have created a lo-fi, tropical indiepop Christmas …
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Fisher And Porcupine Buy: Bandcamp The other half of my favorite (title) song off of Chris Farren’s brilliant Like a Gift from God or Whatever,” Jenny Owen Youngs has a Christmas song of her own this year. “Maybe Next Year” is one of those Christmas songs drenched in emotion. There is no rocking around the …
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Want to read what I wrote about it? 1 The Crookes You’re Just Like Christmas 2 Sunturns Would You 3 Mounties Merry Christmas Maybe 4 Deep Cuts Advent Ansiedad 5 Young War I Won’t Come Back for Christmas (I’m Serious) 6 Chris Farren (featuring Jenny Owen Youngs) Like a Give from God or Whatever 7 …
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