Monday 17th of December 2012 11:29am
To kick off the last week of the year here at Merge HQ, we are giving away a Merge Holiday SuperBundle as well as a CD of Julian Koster’s The Singing Saw at Christmastime. To enter, send us a photo of your favorite holiday scene via Instagram (@MergeRecords) or email (merge@mergerecords.com). We’ll choose the winner on Friday, December 21st.
The Giveaway includes:
- Your choice of a CD or LP of She & Him’s A Very She & Him Christmas
- Your choice of a CD or LP of Tracey Thorn’s Tinsel and Lights
- a CD of Julian Koster’s The Singing Saw at Christmastime
- a She & Him floaty pen
- a set of five beautiful Tinsel and Lights notecards
Be sure to visit the Merge Holiday Store for our biggest sale of the year! Enter MERGEHOLIDAYS at checkout for 10% off all orders over $50—CDs, LPs, digital downloads, and Merge gear! All orders of $100 or more will receive a free Merge tote bag designed by Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner with help from Vic Chesnutt. Also, buy three or more LPs or preorder any of our 2013 releases on LP and receive a free Merge slipmat for your turntable!
All orders placed after 10 a.m. on December 21 will not ship until January 7, 2013. Pre-orders will ship to arrive on or around release date.
The Giveaway includes:
- Your choice of a CD or LP of She & Him’s A Very She & Him Christmas
- Your choice of a CD or LP of Tracey Thorn’s Tinsel and Lights
- a CD of Julian Koster’s The Singing Saw at Christmastime
- a She & Him floaty pen
- a set of five beautiful Tinsel and Lights notecards
Be sure to visit the Merge Holiday Store for our biggest sale of the year! Enter MERGEHOLIDAYS at checkout for 10% off all orders over $50—CDs, LPs, digital downloads, and Merge gear! All orders of $100 or more will receive a free Merge tote bag designed by Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner with help from Vic Chesnutt. Also, buy three or more LPs or preorder any of our 2013 releases on LP and receive a free Merge slipmat for your turntable!
All orders placed after 10 a.m. on December 21 will not ship until January 7, 2013. Pre-orders will ship to arrive on or around release date.
Monday 10th of December 2012 11:21am
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Tinsel and Lights is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store. The LP version includes Tracey’s rendition of “25th December” originally written and sung by Ben Watt on Everything But The Girl’s 1994 album Amplified Heart as well as limited-edition wrapping paper. Also, Tinsel and Lights is included in our special holiday superbundle with She & Him’s A Very She & Him Christmas. And don’t forget to use the Merge Holiday coupon at checkout! The “Joy” digital single can be found at iTunes.
Tinsel and Lights is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store. The LP version includes Tracey’s rendition of “25th December” originally written and sung by Ben Watt on Everything But The Girl’s 1994 album Amplified Heart as well as limited-edition wrapping paper. Also, Tinsel and Lights is included in our special holiday superbundle with She & Him’s A Very She & Him Christmas. And don’t forget to use the Merge Holiday coupon at checkout! The “Joy” digital single can be found at iTunes.
Monday 10th of December 2012 10:56am
Tracey Thorn is celebrating the holiday season with a new album Tinsel and Lights, and a new Advent Calendar with new treats every day until Christmas. Also, she premiered the new video for her original song “Joy,” today at Slate.com, and spoke with NPR’s Scott Simon over the weekend about her unconventional holiday album. A new digital single featuring the album version and new acoustic version of “Joy” is available at iTunes today as well.
Watch the video for “Joy” now at Slate.com
Featuring ten seasonal cover versions of songs by Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell, Sufjan Stevens, Low and more as well as two new original tracks, Tinsel and Lights was produced by Ewan Pearson, and showcases Tracey’s famously rich vocals and contributions on guitar and piano.
NPR Weekend Edition writes, “A season for being with friends and family can be hard on those who are lonely; a season of giving can be hard on those who go without. All the tinsel and lights can also make people blink, shudder and wonder about which of life’s gifts they’ll never find under the tree — or which they’ll unwrap and find fleeting and fragile. The mixed blessings of the holiday season aren’t lost on Tracey Thorn. The new album by the English singer and songwriter, formerly of the dance-pop duo Everything but the Girl, is called Tinsel and Lights, and it confronts that ambivalence head on.”
Listen to Tracey’s interview with NPR Weekend Edition’s Scott Simon
Tinsel and Lights is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store. The LP version includes Tracey’s rendition of “25th December” originally written and sung by Ben Watt on Everything But The Girl’s 1994 album Amplified Heart as well as limited-edition wrapping paper. Also, Tinsel and Lights is included in our special holiday superbundle with She & Him’s A Very She & Him Christmas. And don’t forget to use the Merge Holiday coupon at checkout! The “Joy” digital single can be found at iTunes.
Watch the video for “Joy” now at Slate.com
Featuring ten seasonal cover versions of songs by Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell, Sufjan Stevens, Low and more as well as two new original tracks, Tinsel and Lights was produced by Ewan Pearson, and showcases Tracey’s famously rich vocals and contributions on guitar and piano.
NPR Weekend Edition writes, “A season for being with friends and family can be hard on those who are lonely; a season of giving can be hard on those who go without. All the tinsel and lights can also make people blink, shudder and wonder about which of life’s gifts they’ll never find under the tree — or which they’ll unwrap and find fleeting and fragile. The mixed blessings of the holiday season aren’t lost on Tracey Thorn. The new album by the English singer and songwriter, formerly of the dance-pop duo Everything but the Girl, is called Tinsel and Lights, and it confronts that ambivalence head on.”
Listen to Tracey’s interview with NPR Weekend Edition’s Scott Simon
Tinsel and Lights is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store. The LP version includes Tracey’s rendition of “25th December” originally written and sung by Ben Watt on Everything But The Girl’s 1994 album Amplified Heart as well as limited-edition wrapping paper. Also, Tinsel and Lights is included in our special holiday superbundle with She & Him’s A Very She & Him Christmas. And don’t forget to use the Merge Holiday coupon at checkout! The “Joy” digital single can be found at iTunes.
Tuesday 4th of December 2012 05:08pm
It’s December now, and if you’re the kind of person who reads record label blogs that can only mean one thing; you love music and probably can’t escape all the Christmas tunes. If Bing Crosby and Michael Buble aren’t cutting it for you this year, do yourself a favor and get down to your local record store for Tracey Thorn’s brand-new winter soundtrack Tinsel and Lights or the already-classic A Very She & Him Christmas.
If you’re lucky enough to live near one of these stores, you can enter to win a holiday prize pack featuring each of the aforementioned records on vinyl as well as a pair of toasty She & Him mittens and a set of specially designed Tinsel and Lights greeting cards. Talk to your store for specific entry and prize details.
Dearborn Music – Dearborn, MI
Electric Fetus – Minneapolis, MN
End of an Ear – Austin, TX
Finders Records & Tapes – Bowling Green, OH
Fingerprints – Long Beach, CA
Grimey’s – Nashville, TN
Horizon – Greenville, SC
Lou’s Records – Encinitas, CA
Luna Music – Indianapolis, IN
Main Street – Philadelphia, PA
Music Millennium – Portland, OR
Origami Vinyl – Los Angeles, CA
Park Avenue CD’s – Orlando, FL
Record Exchange – Boise, ID
Repo Records – Philadelphia, PA
Rhino Records – Claremont, CA
Schoolkids – Raleigh, NC
Sonic Boom Records – Seattle, WA
Sound Garden – Baltimore, MD
Twist & Shout – Denver, CO
Waterloo Records – Austin, TX
Wax N’ Facts – Atlanta, GA
The Long Ear – Coeur D’Alene, ID
Monday 26th of November 2012 02:06pm
The holiday season is upon us, and Tracey Thorn’s Tinsel and Lights is a beautiful new album to add to your collection!
Featuring ten seasonal cover versions of songs by Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell, Sufjan Stevens, Low and more as well as two new original tracks, Tinsel and Lights was produced by Ewan Pearson, and showcases Tracey’s famously rich vocals and contributions on guitar and piano. NPR says of the album, “Tinsel and Lights is as warmly rendered as it is achingly bittersweet.”
Listen to Tinsel and Lights in its entirety now at NPR Music
MTV Hive has premiered a 10-minute mini-documentary filmed while Tracey was recording Tinsel and Lights. John Norris spoke with her about how she chose the songs to cover and the process of making a holiday album.
Watch Tracey Thorn’s ‘Making of Tinsel and Lights’ mini-documentary now at MTV Hive
Tinsel and Lights is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store. The LP version includes Tracey’s rendition of “25th December” originally written and sung by Ben Watt on Everything But The Girl’s 1994 album Amplified Heart as well as limited-edition wrapping paper. Also, Tinsel and Lights is included in our special holiday superbundle with She & Him’s A Very She & Him Christmas. And don’t forget to use the Merge Holiday coupon at checkout!
Featuring ten seasonal cover versions of songs by Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell, Sufjan Stevens, Low and more as well as two new original tracks, Tinsel and Lights was produced by Ewan Pearson, and showcases Tracey’s famously rich vocals and contributions on guitar and piano. NPR says of the album, “Tinsel and Lights is as warmly rendered as it is achingly bittersweet.”
Listen to Tinsel and Lights in its entirety now at NPR Music
MTV Hive has premiered a 10-minute mini-documentary filmed while Tracey was recording Tinsel and Lights. John Norris spoke with her about how she chose the songs to cover and the process of making a holiday album.
Watch Tracey Thorn’s ‘Making of Tinsel and Lights’ mini-documentary now at MTV Hive
Tinsel and Lights is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store. The LP version includes Tracey’s rendition of “25th December” originally written and sung by Ben Watt on Everything But The Girl’s 1994 album Amplified Heart as well as limited-edition wrapping paper. Also, Tinsel and Lights is included in our special holiday superbundle with She & Him’s A Very She & Him Christmas. And don’t forget to use the Merge Holiday coupon at checkout!
Tuesday 30th of October 2012 02:11pm
with Tinsel and Lights, Tracey Thorn‘s follow-up to her acclaimed 2010 album Love and Its Opposite. Featuring ten seasonal cover versions of songs by Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell, Sufjan Stevens, Low and more as well as two new original tracks, Tinsel and Lights was produced by Ewan Pearson, and showcases [...]
| 1. Joy | |
| 2. Hard Candy Christmas | |
| 3. Like a Snowman | |
| 4. Maybe This Christmas | |
| 5. In the Cold, Cold Night | |
| 6. Snow | |
| 7. Snow in Sun | |
| 8. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | |
| 9. Tinsel and Lights | |
| 10. River | |
| 11. Taking Down the Tree | |
| 12. Sister Winter |
