Here at The Deli we always feel a little uncomfortable when we see indie bands write songs about Christmas – maybe because we don’t perceive rock’n’roll as a very Christmas-y musical genre. By definition poor, dirty, and allergic to hypocrisy, rock music doesn’t really need to try and exploit this uber-commercial holiday to lure new listeners. Unless you do it the way emerging lo-fi band Mountain Cult did it in this song called "Christmas Day" (streaming below). We are not sure what the slurred lyrics say here, but we can deduct they aren’t about anything that’s even remotely pretty – we actually had to "censor" the song’s cut and paste video, which was submitted to our open blog, for excessively gory content… For a band that sounds like early Ween’s evil cousins, or an electric version of seminally depressed electro NYC band from the 70s Suicide, a Christmas song is the perfect paradox. We recommend Mountain Cult to send this track + video to Fox News – which, as usual, in the month of December is looking for a new Anti-Christ(mas) to expose and condemn. HUGE potential for promotionl!!! Mountain Cult will release their debutself titled EP at Pianos on December 14
