Swansea Sound - Merry Christmas To Me / Merry Christmas Darlings 7"

With their first few releases, Swansea Sound made clear they are not too fond of the big corporations that dominate social media and the internet. The message of the Christmas single they recorded for the Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club is no different.

The indie pop punk of ‘Merry Christmas To Me’ holds up a mirror to all the Scrooges of this world, who see Christmas as the perfect way to make even more money than they already have, usually at the expense of others. On the B-side of the 7”, the band turn the opening track of Cheap Trick’s 2017 Christmas album Christmas Christmas into an indie song, keep the catchiness of the original and spice it up with some extra punch in both music and message, using some of the most influential companies on the internet as an inspiration..

Swansea Sound reunites Hue Williams (who lives in Swansea) and Amelia Fletcher of the legendary indie band Pooh Sticks. They are joined by guitarist/bassist and main songwriter Rob Pursey (who was with Amelia in Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Marine Research, Tender Trap and currently in the Catenary Wires) and drummer Ian Button (Thrashing Doves, Death In Vegas and also part of Catenary Wires).

Swansea Sound, that came into being during the 2020 lockdown, was named after a radio station (that still exists, but now uses a different name) and set out to play fast, loud and political indie pop punk. The band debuted in 2020 with the 2-track cassette single Angry Girl b/w Corporate Indie Band on the small Swansea based DIY cassette label Lavender Sweep and followed it up early 2021 with a 7” Indies Of The World, a call for indie labels to unite, that was released on four different indie labels working together. In between Swansea Sound released a very limited lathe cut 7”, I Sold My Soul on Ebay, of which the only copy for sale was sold in January of this year on... Ebay. In November the band released their debut album, "Live At The Rum Puncheon", again on several different labels.

Tracklist:

1. Happy Christmas to Me
2. Merry Christmas Darlings

About this product: this release is pressed on 7" white vinyl. Limited pressing of 300 copies.