Christmas A Go Go!

Maybe it's not exactly the kind of music we usually blog a lot about here at CAGG. But hey, if it's good, it's good! And that's definitely the case with Trella's 2022 original xmas track. It sounds melancholy and a little poppy in a pretty way with her somewhat hoarse and intense voice, as she is a singer-songwriter at the core. But above all, ' Blissful ' simply is a sweet, longing and gorgeous strong Christmas song that really stands out. And that's what it's all about here. "Last year you were here you know, I think that I love Christmas, Because I'm an escapist, And this year I'm escaping, The memory of your kiss." Trella Insta & Twitter & SoundCloud She already did it with 'Christmas Party' in 2020.   And back in 2016 she recorded this beautiful fragile 'Christmas Eve, I'm Yours'.  

We have known her for a while at CAGG and unfortunately she was absent last year, but this year Trella is back with a beautiful cover of ' Grown-Up Christmas List '. Her sultry voice is still as irresistible.  Buffalo Tom, the eighties alt-rock heroes, are still going strong and so is Bill Janovitz , their singer, as we can hear on his first (!) subdued solo Christmas track. There's a first time for everything. He sketched this one out on Christmas Eve 2023 and finished it on Thanksgiving 2024. Christmas Eve by Bill Janovitz An Overnight Low has an original take on Santa's sleigh in this this track that is slightly reminiscent of R.E.M. from the Murmur era and bands like The Feelies. We met them earlier , Sugar World , with a cover of Low's 'Just Like Christmas'. This year they recorded their very first Christmas original. Call it indie, call it dreampop, call it DIY, but love it.  Guitarróns, accordion en mariachi music in the U.K. you wondered?...