Ring the Alarm
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Am I only writing about punk Christmas songs now? What is my deal? I don’t think I’m feeling particularly aggro – I would characterize myself as largely anxious these day. However, something about these songs is hooking me these days. Maybe I don’t want people to feel comfortable while listening to Christmas music this year… to take anything at all at face value, to no longer expect that things will be the way you expect them. I mean, the last “Christmas song” I talked about had “bitchy fits,” and this banger from LA’s No Parents has them calling grandma a cunt. Yes, you read that right. “Hey Grandma” is about that the protagonist (let’s just call him the singer) is in a punk band, selling the violin he got for Christmas to get drunk, and that his grandma thinks he’s his Uncle. Yes, and he calls her a cunt. All of this comes with some wonderful driving guitars, and also… with an oddly beautiful (and equally long) piano, strings, and choir intro. Weird huh? You are going to hit play, and perhaps wonder if you clicked on the right song. You did. This song is something else.
Bottom Line: This song could lead off a Christmas mix that would piss a few folks off, and delight others in equal measure.
