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"A curator might do a little better vetting the pieces a band will play. On the whole we enjoyed the youthful vigor and musical risk-taking, or 'fender-bending' of Snaggle. But we found the mockery of 'Christmas' offensive... Imagine Jewish guests being treated to a screed on Rosh Hashannah or Yom Kipur, as might have been tried by a Telefunken band in 1933."  - actual quote from a disgruntled concert attendee (Almonte, Canada)

Far from being a typical Holiday Season release, "Christmas tune" is a commentary on some of the defining characteristics of modern commercial Christmas music, much of which are written in major keys, and are drenched in so much saccharin that it red-lines the "happy-happy" meter. Instead, bandleader Nick Maclean's composition presents an antithesis to that Holiday writing approach -- an eclectic and multifaceted exploration of the full spectrum of human emotion.

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released December 11, 2016

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Nick Maclean - Synth/Keys Max Forster - Trumpet Graeme Wallace - Tenor Sax Mike Murray - Guitar Doug Moore - Bass Tom Grosset - Drums

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Produced by Brownman Ali Composed by Nick Maclean Recorded by Brian Moore at Bishop Allen Academy, Toronto Mixed by Josh Bowman at Bowman Sound, Toronto Mastered by João Carvalho at João Carvalho Mastering, Toronto Cover Art by Nick Maclean