Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Christmas Song of the Year: Bunny's A Swine - "All I Want for Christmas is Lowered Expectations"

Christmas music is pretty terrible. It tends to either be overly heartfelt songs by Mariah Carey or Josh Groban, or punked up novelty versions of Christmas standards. This year even saw Bad Religion release a Christmas album, which was... yeah. Anyway, out of Northampton, MA comes my favorite Christmas song of the year from Bunny's A Swine. "All I Want for Christmas is Lowered Expectations" features Bunny's A Swine adopting a slightly more folky sound while singing about how much better Christmas would be if their loved ones would be happy with burnt CDs, dollar bin DVDs, and text message greetings. Between verses the band members have an ongoing conversation about the song, with drummer Dustin not quite getting the idea, a la Joey in Anthrax's "I'm the Man." 

"All I Want for Christmas is Lowered Expectations" is available for free on Bunny's A Swine's Bandcamp page. You can also head over to their website for even more information.

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