""I am usually very wary of doing covers, especially a 'holiday' song - but I connected with the depth of the lyrics and how our feelings around the holidays can be complicated," Van Ettan said of her version of "2000 Miles." "I tried to honor Chrissie Hynde's version by collaborating with my band, The Attachment Theory. I hope if The Pretenders hear it, they feel our appreciation and love for Chrissie, the band and this song.""
"According to Tweedy, "The Band pulled off the impossible. They wrote a Christmas song that's joyful and appropriate for the occasion while being strange, emotional, and poetic," referring to his contribution to the soundtrack, a cover of "Christmas Must Be Tonight." "To me, this song gets at what this season is about, at its best: the light.""
"St. Vincent added, "My favorite Christmas songs have an underlying sense of melancholy mixed in with the warmth of their familiarity. Sung by a person who is presumably alone, 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' is a prime example: 'Next year all our troubles will be out of sight'... the holiday season and its festivities are a temporary refuge, a reprieve after a shitty year. Hopefully the year to come will be better.""
The soundtrack to Michael Showalter's film Oh. What. Fun. compiles holiday covers by Fleet Foxes, St. Vincent, Jeff Tweedy, Gwen Stefani, Sharon Van Etten, the bird and the bee, Weyes Blood, and others. The album arrives alongside the film on December 3 via Sony Music Masterworks. Sharon Van Ettan contributes a rendition of The Pretenders' "2000 Miles" recorded with her band The Attachment Theory. Jeff Tweedy covers "Christmas Must Be Tonight" and praises The Band's blend of joy, strangeness, emotion, and poetry. St. Vincent records "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and highlights the season's melancholy mixed with warmth. Additional contributors include Uwade, Empress Of's Lorelay Rodriguez, Andy Shauf and Madi Diaz, plus cast performances such as Dominic Sessa's "The 12 Days Of Christmas."
Read at Consequence
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]