It's Christmas as usual with Pondertone

Not much has changed. Standard Christmas ideas such as charity, forgiveness, a clean slate, a new beginning, peace, or even hospitality seem further away than ever these days. This year Pondertone - Americana from the city of Utrecht - is tackling Christmas depression with a cheerful song: nothing is what it seems, which is usual for Pondertone. 'Christmas as Usual' lets us try to see Christmas through a child's eyes. Why is there always so much hustle and bustle in December? Why does Mummy have a headache? Why does Daddy watch 'Die Hard' every year at Christmas? And why is there even more violence on the news? 

Pondertone will be playing their new song and a bunch of others live on December 15 at Café de Stad in Utrecht and on December 16 at Christmas A GoGo, Paradiso (upper room), in Amsterdam. Be sure to check out Pondertone's Bandcamp for more great tunes.