Christmas is almost exactly a month away now. As you bring out your Christmas playlist, we’ve got some BC born Christmas music you’ll wanna add this year. But, today’s Evolution 107.9 BC Christmas Pick might not bring along the traditional Christmas spirit you’d expect.
Amidst the season of joy and family, it’s a fact of life that some people’s family only brings fear and sorrow. Family fights bring tensions high, as aunts and uncles bicker with parents and cousins, and getting everyone in the same room can be dangerous. Mother Mother encapsulates this in their 2022 single Cry Christmas.
And the song itself is a heater. The first half brings a more conversational tone, a la something like Verbatim, lamenting the various troubles (including uncle John) that plague the Christmas dinner, but the mix between those sections and the later heavy shredding over the repeated line of “cry cry Christmas” shows both the sadness and the rage that these dinners can bring. I felt like this song perfectly encapsulates the worst parts of Christmas for me, and though it may not bring more traditional Christmas cheer, the undeniable BC indie feel is always something I love to jam to.
The song was originally released in 2022, but Mother Mother just released an EP last month, with both Cry Christmas and two covers of more traditional Christmas songs: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, and Silent Night. Of course, being Mother Mother, the songs have their own, darker spins.
Mother Mother, if you couldn’t tell already, is my all time favorite BC band. They formed in 2005, but you might have only heard about them in the past couple years. The band went viral on TikTok around 2020, with clips from songs like Hayloft and Wrecking Ball being frequently used. Jasmin Parkin, keyboard and vocalist for the band, said that this virality was a complete surprise to the band.
“I was actually in school at the time, trying to prepare my life for needing a second job (besides MM). We all thought the band was winding down, not quitting but just slowing to a degree. It was a shock to all of us that this little app called TikTok had thousands of kids making videos and using our songs.”
Cry Christmas embodies a ton of BC’s indie rock, and that makes it an excellent choice for our BC Christmas Picks today. Give it a listen if you haven’t already, and keep an eye on Evolution 107.9 for more BC Christmas Picks.