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Sugar World – A Sugar Christmas (2020)

Sunday Records
Buy: Bandcamp (NYOP)

I swear I listen to stuff that isn’t indiepop or the Captain Underpants soundtrack (I swear it is my son), but when there is great indiepop, I always pay attention. San Diego’s Sugar World has dropped a 4-song EP of covers, and I’m thoroughly digging it. From the fuzzed-out cover of Low’s “Just Like Christmas,” to the synthy, understated cover of Nixon’s “Anorak Christmas,” to the glitchy clipping on “Blue Christmas,” and the static on the Carpenters’ “Merry Christmas Darling,” the band tweaks each song enough to make them interesting and fresh. Solid!

Bottom Line: Even more excellent indiepop for those who like that DIY alt-Christmas sound.

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The Proctors “Icelandic” (2018)

Sunday Records
Buy: Free (til 12/31)

Indiepop legends The Proctors have recorded a nice little indiepop Christmas song and placed it under all of our trees… because it is free! The song begins with a romantic visual of snow falling on an Icelandic town, but it quickly turns, as many sweet indiepop songs do, towards melancholy. The phone lines go down, and they say they’ll talk in a week or so, but then they just drift away, and now it has been a year since they spoke. It is a simple song – but one that you can relate to, even if you aren’t in Iceland. This is a song for those you like, even love, who drift away. I think we’ve all had that – life gets in the way.

Bottom Line: A very nice, snowy song by some of my indiepop heroes.

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