Track 14: The Holiday Song

The Holiday Song by the Pixies.

In a time in which even 12-year-olds seem to be going riot grrl, punk songs seem a bit less out-of-place for the holidays, don't they?

Mayur: This track is decidely more punk and less bouncy pop-like than more familiar Pixies tunes; it's very much driven by Frank Black rather than by the group as a whole. As a consequence, we thought that, like Flowers in December, it might provide a tonal antidote for all those Christmas-carol harmonies.

Snagged from backstage by Mayur, Summer 2004.