Around this time of year at Exclaim!, our minds are occupied by two things: Canadian music and Christmas. Those two things have come together in an awesome way on Oh! Canada's compilation Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada Deux, which features 30 seasonal songs from Canadian indie acts.
The double album is being given away for free over at The Line of Best Fit. Many of the songs were specially recorded for the compilation, including tracks by the Mountains and the Trees, Baby Eagle, Teen Daze and By Divine Right. There are also songs taken from other releases by the Russian Futurists, Great Lake Swimmers and Basia Bulat, among others.
A few of the songs are covers of holiday classics, but many of them are original. The 30 tracks have been divided into two parts: (Not So) Silent Night and Frozen Outside/Warm In. See the tracklist below and download the album here.
Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada Deux:
Part One: (Not So) Silent Night:
1. By Divine Right - "Mall Santa" *
2. Paper Lions - "Jingle Bells"
3. The Mountains and The Trees - "My Favourite Sweater (Happy Holidays)" *
4. Great Lake Swimmers - "Gonna Make It Through The Year"
5. Ox - "Xmas in the Jailhouse"
6. The Zolas - "Snow"
7. Baby Eagle - "Fearfully and Wonderfully" *
8. Boxer The Horse - "Material Xmas"
9. Adaline & Frederick - "Let's Stay Inside"
10. Sean Nicholas Savage - "Snowflake"
11. The Russian Futurists - "100 Shopping Days Till Christmas"
12. Kashka (Kat Burns of Forest City Lovers) - "Picture Books in Winter"
13. Nat Jay - "Green Trees, Red Hearts"
14. Hooded Fang - "Tundra Nights" *
15. Teen Daze - "Medley in D (Holy Holy Holy/Christmas at Sea/Goodnight, Sleep Tight)" *
Part Two: Frozen Outside/Warm In:
1. Leif Vollebekk - "I'm Be Home for Christmas"
2. Woodpigeon / Laura Leif - "Winter Song" *
3. Snailhouse - "Believer" *
4. Evening Hymns - "Just Like Christmas" *
5. Ruth Minnikin - "Fur Elise"
6. Superfantastics - "Northern Lights"
7. Steve McKay - "Sounds Like Christmas"
8. The Weather Station - "In The Bleak Midwinter" *
9. The Wilderness of Manitoba - "We Three Kings" *
10. The Details - "Strings and Ribbons"
11. Artur Dyjecinski - "Christmas" *
12. Basia Bulat - "You Are a Gift"
13. The Provincial Archive - "Coventry Carol" *
14. Kris Ellestad - "Jeg Er Så Glad Hver Julekveld" *
15. In-Flight Safety - "Fairytale of New York"
* previously unreleased
The double album is being given away for free over at The Line of Best Fit. Many of the songs were specially recorded for the compilation, including tracks by the Mountains and the Trees, Baby Eagle, Teen Daze and By Divine Right. There are also songs taken from other releases by the Russian Futurists, Great Lake Swimmers and Basia Bulat, among others.
A few of the songs are covers of holiday classics, but many of them are original. The 30 tracks have been divided into two parts: (Not So) Silent Night and Frozen Outside/Warm In. See the tracklist below and download the album here.
Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada Deux:
Part One: (Not So) Silent Night:
1. By Divine Right - "Mall Santa" *
2. Paper Lions - "Jingle Bells"
3. The Mountains and The Trees - "My Favourite Sweater (Happy Holidays)" *
4. Great Lake Swimmers - "Gonna Make It Through The Year"
5. Ox - "Xmas in the Jailhouse"
6. The Zolas - "Snow"
7. Baby Eagle - "Fearfully and Wonderfully" *
8. Boxer The Horse - "Material Xmas"
9. Adaline & Frederick - "Let's Stay Inside"
10. Sean Nicholas Savage - "Snowflake"
11. The Russian Futurists - "100 Shopping Days Till Christmas"
12. Kashka (Kat Burns of Forest City Lovers) - "Picture Books in Winter"
13. Nat Jay - "Green Trees, Red Hearts"
14. Hooded Fang - "Tundra Nights" *
15. Teen Daze - "Medley in D (Holy Holy Holy/Christmas at Sea/Goodnight, Sleep Tight)" *
Part Two: Frozen Outside/Warm In:
1. Leif Vollebekk - "I'm Be Home for Christmas"
2. Woodpigeon / Laura Leif - "Winter Song" *
3. Snailhouse - "Believer" *
4. Evening Hymns - "Just Like Christmas" *
5. Ruth Minnikin - "Fur Elise"
6. Superfantastics - "Northern Lights"
7. Steve McKay - "Sounds Like Christmas"
8. The Weather Station - "In The Bleak Midwinter" *
9. The Wilderness of Manitoba - "We Three Kings" *
10. The Details - "Strings and Ribbons"
11. Artur Dyjecinski - "Christmas" *
12. Basia Bulat - "You Are a Gift"
13. The Provincial Archive - "Coventry Carol" *
14. Kris Ellestad - "Jeg Er Så Glad Hver Julekveld" *
15. In-Flight Safety - "Fairytale of New York"
* previously unreleased
