Bikers vs. Banjos

I apologize for my tardiness on this post. Won’t happen again.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 'B.R.M.C.' (2002) vs. Sufjan Stevens: Songs for Christmastime

This is so not fair.

I can almost picture these two in a ring with the colorful and welterweight Stevens in one corner with the leather clad B.R.M.C. toting chains and bats opposite him.

I listened to BRMC for a solid week and one song really grew on me (Awake).

The rest of it felt like somewhat of a bass (very heavy bass) driven chillax mix that intends to make telling the difference between one song and another difficult. That was kinda how I always felt about the Pschydelic Furs, but they also had a quirkiness going for them. I know someone thought enough of this album to make this prestigious list… but I just couldn’t get into it.

On the other side, and this is where it really isn’t fair, we have had the SS Christmas album in our holiday mix for years now and it is much loved at our house. Sufjan has accomplished a difficult task by creating exceedingly holiday feeling music without simply singing the same 1940’s songs over again. I recommend this for every listener as an addition to their holiday set.

Victor: Sufjan.