I Surrender Sleighs, various artists (I Surrender Records)

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I Surrender.jpgThis is a label compilation from the New York-based I Surrender Records featuring a selection of their artists performing original punk Christmas tunes. If you've never heard of this label or its artists, this is a cool collection of high-octane holiday music. (The first four tunes all come with content warnings.) Valencia offers "How Valencia Stole Christmas," a pastiche of holiday readymades; The High Court's "Rico Christmas" is a swipe at over-commercialization; the band latewaves thrashes through "Hungover For the Holidays," because of course they do; Mattstagraham goes even faster tempo through "I  Can't Keep Up With the Holidays"; Pollyanna's "Christmas Garbage" sounds like an homage to the more famous band whose name is the second word of the title; We Are the Union drops the almost-mandatory ska offering, "Yr Always Alone (On Christmas)"; Alex Amiruddin & Vinnie Caruana give us a downtempo "December 26th," which is about escaping town and not so much Boxing Day; Punchline's "Together" is a poppy rocker; and Raccoon Tour leave us with the wild farewell "Happy New Year I'm Still a Piece of Garbage." A short (tailored for vinyl no doubt) but enjoyable collection of tunes.

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