As the Christmas season is on the horizon, you might feel like you need some new tunes to spice up that Christmas playlist of yours. Well, that’s why Evolution 107.9 is here, bringing you the first of our BC’s Christmas Picks. And today’s pick is especially good if you, like me, are starting to get a little bored of the monotony of Christmas music.
Christmas traditions are important to us all. Everyone has some little, maybe not that meaningful traditions that bring joy to the household. Maybe baking Christmas cookies, maybe caroling, or maybe, just maybe, watching Die Hard every Christmas season. That’s what Art of Dying’s newest song, Diehard Christmas, is all about.
Art of Dying is a band that was formed right here in Vancouver in 2004. Their lead singer and frontman, Jonny Hetherington, started his music career busking on the streets.
“In my early days as a musician I just wanted to hone my chops. and playing on the street seemed like the best way to do that.” says Hetherington. “I’ll never forget the folks who came and took notice of what I was doing back then, lots of them are Art of Dying fans now and I think that’s testament to what we’ve been able to create as a band.”
And now, they’ve released 8 albums during their 20 year long career. Art of Dying is another example of the talent born from Vancouver’s excellent home grown rock scene. And with this newest song, they mix classic rock sounds with the bell jingling, caroling feel of Christmas Music.
Diehard Christmas has an absurdity that really forces you to pay attention to it. You know that feeling you get while at a Christmas party? Everyone’s talking, eating, and having a good time. But then, you get to the point where it starts to lull, everyone’s running out of conversation topics. When that happens, nothing’s better than a shock to the Christmas music immune system that’ll start conversations up again. (Preferably about how Die Hard is the best Christmas movie of all time, I’ll die on that hill.)
If you’re a huge fan of rock, you want to listen to more BC born music, or you just love Die Hard, Diehard Christmas is a song that you’ll wanna add to that Christmas playlist of yours. This has been our first BC Christmas Pick, and we’ll have many more songs for you in the coming week.