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Posted in holiday music | music | tour dates on October 3, 2012
The Polyphonic Spree at Webster Hall in May (more by Toby Tenenbaum)

Back in May, just before The Polyphonic Spree played Webster Hall (a show which was recorded and will eventually be released as a live album), we mentioned that they were working on a Christmas album. That album now has a name and a release date: it's called Holidaydream: Sounds of the Holidays Volume One and will be out on October 23. The album will include ten standards, two original instrumentals, and a cover of John Lennon & Yoko Ono's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)." It also features School of Seven Bells on the track, "Silver Bells." The cover art and tracklist are below.
The Polyphonic Spree will be celebrating their album and 10th anniversary with their Holiday Extravaganza! Tour which sees the collective returning to Webster Hall on December 15. Tickets to that show go on sale Friday (10/5) at noon.
A list of all dates, and the Holidaydream cover art and tracklist are below.
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Tracklist:
1. A Working Elf's Theme
2. Winter Wonderland
3. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
4. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
5. Sildent Night
6. Silver Bells (ft. School of Seven Bells)
7. Do You Hear What I Hear?
8. Carol of the Drum (Little Drummer Boy)
9. White Christmas
10. Let It Snow
11. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
12. Silver Bells (Reprise)
13. Holidaydream
The Polyphonic Spree -- 2012 Tour Dates
10/31 - London, England - HMV Forum
12/6 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre
12/8 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
12/11 - Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
12/14 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theatre
12/15 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
12/22 - Dallas, TX - Lakewood Theater
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fuck this. bring back tripping daisy. i got the field day jitters, motherfuckers.
Posted by Anonymous | October 3, 2012 4:14 PM
why does this band still exist ?
Posted by Anonymous | October 3, 2012 4:21 PM
Seriously.....who is still listening to this?
Posted by Anonymous | October 3, 2012 4:53 PM
I liked them better before they got all colorful and happy
Posted by Doc Brown | October 3, 2012 4:56 PM
6. Silver Bells (ft. School of Seven Bells)
genious, can't believe no one ever thought of it before, what's next, "i saw mommy kissing santa claus (ft. kiss)"?
Posted by Anonymous | October 3, 2012 5:00 PM
And for the Dumpster
Posted by Anonymous | October 3, 2012 5:31 PM
Polyphonic Boner
Posted by Anonymous | October 3, 2012 5:35 PM
this is just awful on every level
Posted by Anonymous | October 3, 2012 5:38 PM
I got a girl...
Posted by Anonymous | October 4, 2012 10:08 AM
TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE
Posted by Anonymous | October 4, 2012 1:18 PM
This would have been interesting ten years ago. Their christmas shows were progressively lazy and boring.
Posted by Anonymous | October 5, 2012 6:54 PM
If Friends can't make it who can? Those kids were straight shameless. RIP, spectacular retards. This the end of an era.
Posted by rewayat | November 23, 2012 6:45 PM
Odd that Vernon Reid/Living Colour was not boldfaced in your write up and Melvin Gibbs never played for LC but Eye and I as well as Henry Rollins
Posted by Blackberry Z10 Review | February 3, 2013 9:15 PM