A Special Indiecater Christmas Gift
Let The Bells Ring!
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We’ve arrived at our fourth Christmas as a label and like the other three we are marking the occasion with a release….with bells on. This time things are a little different, in as much as we are giving this 4-track EP away free to all our friends (and now everyone!). By friends we mean anyone who has ever bought something, helped us out or just sent us an email to say we’re doing something of worth. You’ll know you are friend because we will have written to you already. If you’d like to join this esteemed bunch of people in receiving ‘A Special Indiecater Christmas Gift’ for free all you have to do is to purchase one (or more) of our previous Christmas releases – An Indiecater Christmas, its younger brother from 2009 or its baby sister from 2010.
‘A Special Indiecater Christmas Gift’ contains 4 tracks, 2 of which are from familiar sources. Opening track ‘Wombling Merry Christmas’ comes from the Very Most, the band that have formed the spine in our back catalogue. Much as we love them throughout the year though, there is no escaping the fact that Boise’s finest are at their very best in December. ‘Wombling Merry Christmas’ is a cover of a song that coloured our youth but in many ways the Very Most have uncovered hidden depth. The band’s ‘Snow Covered’ EP, from which ‘Wombling Merry Christmas’ is taken, can be bought over here.
You’ll also find produce from Adam and Darcie scattered across Indiecater’s pages. The California based duo never fail to be anything less than beguiling and on ‘Silver Bells’ they add an unexpected experimental element to this old classic.
‘A Special Indiecater Christmas Gift’ was only conceived in mid November and that was thanks to our meeting with Jarno from Fotoshop. He is about to release his debut album and the tracks we’ve heard are quite something. When we found out he came from Lapland we just knew we had to get him to record a Christmas song for us. ‘Don’t Beat Me Up, It’s Christmas’ may not exactly be traditional seasonal fare but it is an outstanding electro composition.
Our final contributor on this EP is J. Catala, a producer and multi-instrumentalist with a decade’s worth of music industry travels. His is joined on the upbeat and poppy ‘Hey, It’s Christmas’ by singer Mar and the moment we heard it we knew we wanted it for this release.
We hope you enjoy our seasonal treat. Merry Christmas from Indiecater Records!
A special thank you to our friend, the ever so talented illustrator Alan Barrett who dreamed up the glorious artwork for this release.
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love the song!
Happy holidays! That does sound like a meryy compilation.
Awesome song – wonderful winter soundtrack!
There are 4 of them!
Awesome. I love this year’s Christmas EP! Please send me the link to download it. I’ll play the snot out of it. ;) You guys rock.
Well. Yes. A merry one …
What a coincidence, tonight we got the first snow and then this wonderful Christmas intro…
Happy Holidays, keep the indie coming!
Thanks so much for the preview!! Look forward to the link with bad breath, and I’ll try to get some of it on my annual r’n'r Xmas radio show I do over WPDH in Poughkeepsie, NY (and wpdh.com) on Xmas Eve.
Merry Christmas ~ Happy Holiday! It sounds great!
Some fresh snow should sort the breath Mark! This EP will cleanse your ears of wax though.
I would love a copy of this – happy Christmastime!
Jingly and tingly
Happy Christmas guys! This sounds great. :)
By the way, Jarno’s album is pretty great. Get a copy of it here: http://fotoshop.bandcamp.com/
I dig the song and can’t wait to hear the rest of the EP.
Thanks for the great tunes over the past few years! Looking forward to playing more music from your label! Hope y’all have a great holiday!
merry xmas. looking foward to hearing the rest of the ep
Sounds great, will sit nicely alongside Bing and Nat
Merry Christmas and goodwill to all. ♥
We’re big fans of the Indiecator collections at Mistletunes, the ho-ho-home of a rock ‘n roll Christmas.
Your previous compilations always got me in a Christmas mood, this clip has just done the same job for this year.
Thanks.
I have all of the Indiecater Christmas releases and they play an important part in my holiday listening and sharing. I especially love [everything The Very Most has ever touched and] Snow Blitz by Paisley and Charlie.
Thanks so much for your dedication to cool music for the chilly season.
Merry Christmas!! LOVE IT!!
Merry Xmas! I love pressies!
I now feel Christmassy!!!!!
Bring it on.
Once more, Feliz Navidad from Spain!
Love the track and merry christmas to all
yehaaaaawww, more xmas quality from Indiecater. Cheers Kevin and happy xmas to you all….
Bryan
I love it :)
I actually have your Holiday albums in my collection. I just didn’t buy them direct from you :(
Is it possible to obtain the EP?
Thanks!
Your Christmas releases are always a good way to get in the christmas mood in an original way. This one is no different ;)
Christmas time, hurray! Sounds great, have a merry Christmas Indiecater!
Fantastic to get this lined up for Christmas!!!!
Have yourself a merry little Xmas!
Sweet! That J. Catala track might be the best thing I’ve heard this year!
Feeling Christmassy for the 1st time this year. Excellent!
Great sounds! Please send me the link. Have a happy indie holiday!
There’s no better way of indicating Christmas, than Indiecaters annual Christmas comps. Thank you and a bunch of ho ho!
ohhh I dig! thanks and thanks for sharing the download-ables. Merry, Merry!
After two months of avoiding the ‘C’ word, I can now get into the spirit of things with this kind of Christmas music. Bring it on!! Happy Christmas everyone :-)
I’ve been playing these wonderful indiecater christmas compilations all year round, they can sound even better on a warm summer’s day in July!
It’s not Christmas until the Indiecater Christmas release!