Johnny Setlist uses the end-of-the-year times to reflect on how awful it all is. With experimental alt-folk he marches through “This Christmas” as if 2018 was the worst case scenario.
Santa brought us a nuclear attack, begins “On Christmas Day (Happy Holocaust)” by Mr. Strange. Slow and measured metal, like our hearts will be.
Irony smokes “Xmas Next Year,” as Connor Ratliff · Mikey Erg sing about this being the last Xmas. Games and toys over, man. Pokey indie.