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Christmas Time Is Here

by Paula Kelley

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Paula conceived of this lush arrangement one sleepless night in Los Angeles, a city where it can be very hard to get in the holiday spirit. She was up all night writing the choral parts and after making sure it was all out of her head, she collapsed into sleep at last as the rest of the city got on with its day.

The next evening she recorded her lead and response vocals and, after a couple delicate taps of a glockenspiel, the track was done. The result is somehow breathtaking, cheerful, and haunting all at once. We defy you to *not* get in the spirit upon hearing it.

A couple years back, she loaned the arrangement to singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson, who recorded his version of it with the wonderful San Francisco Gay Men’s Choir. But this year, finally, Paula releases her original take for the holiday season.

Also for this release, she teamed up with co-producer Aaron Tap and long-ago Boy Wonder recordist Peter DuCharme for the extended mix on the b-side, a groovy and shoegazey affair they've dubbed the Transcontinental Drift Mix. It all seemed pretty great and then they decided to loop in Pete Weiss to mix it and the whole experiment truly came alive!

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released December 2, 2022

Paula Kelley: vocals, arrangements, glockenspiel
Aaron Tap: guitars and bass, ooh/ahh vocals
Peter DuCharme: drum programming, synths

Mixed and mastered by Pete Weiss

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