Kindercore Records Christmas, Vol. 2

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Total Tracks: 24   Total Length: 71:04

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Various Artists – Kindercore Records, Kindercore Records Christmas, Vol. 2
2003 | Label: Kindercore Records / IODA

An electronica oddity from the late Georgia-based synth-pop label. Of Montreal turn in an especially strange effort, called "Christmas Isn't Safe for Animals."

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Not your mom's Christmas album

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A lot of these tracks are "challenging" to those uninitiated to the early Kindercore sound. For those tired of the umpteenth reinterpretation of "White Christmas", this album has a few candidates to put into your untraditional xmas songs playlist: Track 1, Track 7, Track 17, Track 20 (this one always elicits a WTF look). I would have also included Track 18, but I much prefer Sky Mic's version included on "Kindercore Fifty: We Thank You" (Disc 2: Track 10).

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sad

pyxis

sadder saddest you can keep it.

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sweet baby Jesus!

elradek

I absolutely abhore traditional christmas songs. this is an excellent collection to drown out the typical holiday overplayed crap!

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