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Merge Holiday Album to Feature Original New Poronographers, Tubs Songs
Merge Records is releasing *Snowed In*, a digital holiday compilation, on Friday, 13 November. The album brings together seasonal covers and new songs, including original tracks by The New Pornographers and Superchunk, and follows the label’s 2019 compilation *You Wish*.
The 11-track release includes Charlotte Cornfield’s version of “Jingle Bells”, Fruit Bats’ “O! Holy Night” and Elanor Moss covering Judee Sill’s “Jesus Was a Cross Maker”. The Tubs contribute the new song “I Am an Elf”; Superchunk’s “Shortest Day of the Year” is available to hear, while The New Pornographers’ original is called “Some Wings”.
In short
- Merge’s *Snowed In* arrives digitally on 13 November.
- It features 11 seasonal songs, including several covers.
- The New Pornographers and Superchunk recorded originals.
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