Los Angeles-via-Philadelphia indie-folk outfit Mt. Joy just released their new track “Rearrange Us” last month and have since returned with a new Holiday-themed song, the ever appropriately titled “Every Holiday.” The song was written by Matt Quinn in his garage the day after Christmas. As he explains:
I was just feeling the weight of a failing relationship and what feels like a society that’s caving in on itself. The holidays just juxtapose sadness in a beautiful way. There’s a blue feeling that comes with the holidays; the recognition of loss, unspoken competition/familial pressure, and just the frozen gray landscape of a Philly winter. There’s plenty of joy, but I just was feeling a heaviness in my life and music has always been the outlet for that. I took what I had of the song and showed it to Adam Melchor and he added such a beautiful piano part and some gorgeous harmonies, the song just sort of came alive from there. We actually worked on the song in a really magical writing space full of amazing art in our friend Willie’s grandparents house. We decided there that the song would be best just recorded live just the two of us, so we did that in Portland with producer Tucker Martine. Tucker had the idea to add horns and they did an incredible job. It’s maybe the song I’m most proud of as a writer on the record
It’s a personal and gentle offering that comes off with a raw passion that perfectly captures some of those darker feelings that comes for some of us during the Holidays. Enjoy a listen to “Every Holiday” below.
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