Thinking  it  a  wise  investment  of  time,  our  three  kings – Chris Maxwell, Holly Miranda, and Ambrosia Parsley –  spent  a  few  days  one  summer recording  a  Christmas  EP.  They  delighted  in  jingle  bells  and  BBQ,  while  taking  shelter from  the usual  dark  and  complicated  matter from  which their  songs usually  spring,  and frolicked instead  in baubles,  holiday   weight   gain   and   the   loveliest   lie   ever   told.   This unsurprisingly became a summer tradition of theirs and three years later, an album was born in a puff of smoke, under the brightest of stars.

The result is Catskill Christmas, a collection of twelve original holiday songs recorded in the woods of upstate New York.