So this Friday , I trudged into Manhattan for Black Friday . Mind you , I was n’t there to grease one’s palms anything . For a distich years now , I ’ve consider this unknown vacation traditional as a sort of primal spectacle rarely find on the twenty-four hour period - to - day , and I just wanted to be in it . But there ’s one affair that always ruins my relaxing day of the great unwashed watching — Mariah Carey ’s “ All I Want for Christmas Is You . ”
Now I ’m a little biased . I actively detest Christmas songs . Yeah , there are a few good ones—”Silent Nox ” is passably chill — but whenever I hear Mariah Carey initiate up that conversant refrain , I just require to collapse in the fetal position in whatever store I ’m in . A few artist have made valiant attempts to sway my opinion of yuletide medicine . Somehave been successful . Others havereally , really , really not been . Luckily Los Campesinos ’ A Los Campesinos ! Christmas is a notch in the former category .
Releasing on December 8th ( but you could pullulate atPitchfork riiiiight now ) , the EP features six rails , five originals and one cover , and are all good than Mariah Carey . Los Campesinos give the same sonic wonderment it has on all its record album with wonderful harmony on “ When Christmas Comes ” and a “ Doe to a Deer . ” We even get a with child acoustic- and banjo - fuel turn on “ The Holly & The Ivy . ”
I ca n’t imagine of any better way to shake off those dawdle Thanksgiving thoughts and getting into the sans - Mariah Carey Christmas Spirit . [ Pitchfork ]
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