It’s December, which round these parts means it’s time once again for The Joyzine Advent Calendar! This year we’re celebrating our 20th edition, so we’ve scoured the archives to mix in some calendar classics along with a few fresh festive cuts from our favourite artists.
As always every track on the calendar will be absolutely free to download, and we don’t force you to sign up for our mailing list (though you can if you want, here) or hand over all of your personal data. The calendar is our Christmas gift to the world (or at least the part of it that enjoys seasonal songs by obscure indie musicians), but if you’re also in the giving mood we’d love you to make a donation to our chosen cause, the excellent anti-racism charity HOPE not hate, which you can do here.
On with the free festive tunes!
Fondageddon is upon us. After 28 years, Hull indiepop cult heroes Fonda 500 have decided to call it a day, and they did it in style, first by headlining the final night of Joyzine’s 20th birthday celebrations in New Cross (fittingly, as I’d interviewed them in our very first online issue two decades before) and then with a marathon hometown show at The New Adelphi, which by all accounts was a fitting send off for a band that will always have a special place in our hearts.
Before we say goodbye though, they’ve one more gift to share in the wonderfully wintery form of ‘(Soon) The Snow’. Originally released as part of their Autumn: Winter Collection LP in 2000, you can download it free below, and while you’re at it check out the rest of their releases on Bandcamp.
Download ‘(Soon) The Snow‘
Make a donation to HOPE not hate
Follow Fonda 500 on Facebook & Twitter to find out what comes next
Check back tomorrow for another free festive download!
Catch up on all of this year’s Advent Calendar Tracks so far:
1: MJ Hibbett – I Got You What You Want For Christmas
2: Matt Edible & The Obtuse Angels – Advent Beard
3: Old Man May – Laden Sleigh
4: Michael M (SLIME CITY) – It’s Easy To Hate This Time of Year
5: The Fades – Last Christmas (On The Beach)
6: AK/DK – Auld Lang Syne
7: Modesty Blaise – I’ll Be Home for Christmas
8: The Awkward Silences – I’ll Be Getting a Divorce for Christmas
9: Dead Horse – Eating The Reindeer
10: Palm Ghosts – Always Christmas Time
11: Charley Stone – Merry Christmas Actually
12: Premium Leisure ft. Piney Gir – September Gurls
13: Fierce Panda Records present Wynona Bleach – (Don’t Know Why) I Wished You Merry Christmas
14: LOUD WOMEN present I, Doris – Merry Menopause
15: Damaged Goods Records – Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians of The British Empire
16: Peter With Rosie – Shortest Day, Longest Night + And What Will Be Left of Them – Filthy Little Christmas
17: Here Are The Young Men & Uncle Peanut – Christmas In The Clink
18: PNKSLM Records present 7ebra – I Have a Lot to Say (Lucern Raze Remix)
19: myKey – Live & Learn + Glam Chops – Glue and Glitter + Don’t Be Glum, Be Glam
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