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We Are The Union - \\u201cYr Always Alone (On Christmas)\\u201d from the 2022 album I Surrender Sleighs on I Surrender Records.

This week, we are continuing a long-held tradition of featuring Christmas-themed songs selected by Brian Foss, host of KEXP\\u2019s punk show Sonic Reducer. He will be hosting his 18th annual Punk Rock Xmess on Saturday, December 24th from 9pm -12am and then jump back on the mic Christmas day from noon - 9pm for his no standards, non-traditional Christmas broadcast, including a special holiday edition of Sunday Soul.

We Are The Union have been making ska-infused pop punk since 2005 with five full-length records to their name. After multiple lineup changes, original members vocalist/guitarist Reade Wolcott and bassist Brandon Benson have remained and added Ricky Weber on lead guitar and Jer Hunter on the ska-important trombone.

Their latest single \\u201cYr Always Alone (On Christmas)\\u201d centers on the idea of loneliness and how especially excruciating the feeling is around the holidays. \\u201cNuclear holiday /Oh, oh, oh, oh, detonate, set me free,\\u201d Wolcott sings with a nasally snarl. \\u201cVenom in your head, brandy on your breath /\'Tis the season to be vile and mean.\\u201d The band had this to say about the song:

\\u201cYr Always Alone (On Christmas)\' is almost not a holiday song. It\'s a fairly cynical take on loneliness as a consequence of selfishness, but it\'s centered around Christmas as a focal point.\\u201d

The song was released on a compilation album of original, non-traditional Christmas songs via I Surrender Records titled I Surrender Sleighs. Watch the video for \\u201cYr Always Alone (On Christmas),\\u201d directed by Rae Mystic, and read the full post at KEXP.org.

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