"Christmas came early this year." It's an understatement sung by Future Islands offshoot the Snails on a newly spruced-up version of their seasonal new wave single, "Snails Christmas (I Want a New Shell)." You can check out the gastropoda holiday get-down right now.
First heard on 2013's Balitimas! compilation, the upgrade features higher fidelity and locks into a just-slightly slower groove. That said, the band still deliver a punky reggae party filled with sleigh bell jingling and mucous-slickened bass lines. Lead Snail Samuel T. Herring uses his familiar croon to note of his holiday desires: "I don't want a spacesuit, or a new car. I just want a cool shell, and a guitar."
There's still a month to go before we find out if the musical mollusks get their Christmas wishes fulfilled, but you can treat yourself to the tune down below.
First heard on 2013's Balitimas! compilation, the upgrade features higher fidelity and locks into a just-slightly slower groove. That said, the band still deliver a punky reggae party filled with sleigh bell jingling and mucous-slickened bass lines. Lead Snail Samuel T. Herring uses his familiar croon to note of his holiday desires: "I don't want a spacesuit, or a new car. I just want a cool shell, and a guitar."
There's still a month to go before we find out if the musical mollusks get their Christmas wishes fulfilled, but you can treat yourself to the tune down below.
