Another Form of Relief

I know I only featured My First Earthquake on here recently, but who can resist posting a Christmas song as catchy as this? Here we have a song that deals with being Jewish at Christmas, the fun of having your birthday a mere two days before the day itself and just wanting a cup of cocoa. Which is a laudable sentiment as apparently Jews aren’t allowed cocoa. Which is something I didn’t know before this song, so who says music can’t be educational? Perhaps best of all though is the video itself. It’s absurdly simplistic really, with singer Rebecca lipsynching along to the words in various festive settings, but it’s all carried off with such joy that it’s impossible to not go with it.

My First Earthquake are an indie pop band from San Francisco (where else?). Listening to them for the first time when Last.fm radio played me Sack Lunch was an interesting experience. It went something along the lines of:

Well, this is bombing along at a decent little clip. Some nice little unhinged vocal deliveries here. This is all rather fun. Did she just say “how can I be in love with a 12 year old boy?”. What the fuck? No, no, I must have misheard. Oh, she really did. Oh boy. Hang on a minute, this is a whole bloody song about a married woman and her relationship with a child.

You know what though? It really doesn’t matter. I still like the song just as much now. It’s just as catchy as it was, and somehow it’s all pulled off in a why that makes it mildly amusing rather than horrifying. Maybe it’s the fact it’s sung by a female voice as any man singing this song would likely find themselves on any number of lists very quickly.

Tremors is out now directly from the band’s own website for all of $4. Since I’m so far behind the times, they’ve since released another album that can be had from here.