Merge brings new songs and seasonal covers together on Snowed In
Merge Records has announced Snowed In, a holiday compilation featuring 11 artists, for digital release on November 13. New songs by The Tubs, The New Pornographers and Superchunk sit alongside recordings of traditional and more recent works. Superchunk’s Shortest Day of the Year is already available to hear. The album follows the label’s 2019 seasonal collection, You Wish.
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Merge announces an eleven-artist collection
Merge Records, the music label, has announced Snowed In: A Merge Records Holiday Album. It gathers seasonal recordings by artists on the label.[1], [2]
The digital release is scheduled for November 13. The new collection features 11 artists and follows You Wish, Merge’s seasonal compilation released in 2019. Newly written songs appear alongside fresh recordings of traditional pieces and more recent compositions. Superchunk’s contribution, Shortest Day of the Year, is already available to hear ahead of the album’s full release.[1]
Original songs share the programme with new interpretations
The Tubs contribute I Am an Elf, while The New Pornographers provide Some Wings. Both are original songs, as is Superchunk’s recording. Elanor Moss turns to Judee Sill’s Jesus Was a Cross Maker. Fruit Bats contribute a recording of O! Holy Night. Charlotte Cornfield opens the album with Jingle Bells, and Rosali closes it with The Cherry Tree Carol.[1]
Between the opening and closing recordings, the running order includes Case Oats with Peace on Earth and Telekinesis with Christmas in Suburbia. Mike Krol’s track is titled How Could It Be Christmas? Dawn Richard appears with On a Night Like This.[1]
The recording credits name the contributing musicians
For the opening recording, Cornfield contributes drums, guitar, percussion and vocals. Adrian Underhill plays guitar, bass, piano and vibraphone and also sings. Elanor Moss’s recording features her voice, with Kitba on harp and Oli Deakin on Wurlitzer. Deakin is also the producer of that interpretation of the Sill song.[1]
Rosali’s closing recording includes guitar and vocals from Lee and David Middleman. The Tubs recorded with Alice Western at RAK studios.[1]
