Splitting Up Christmas Explained

Splitting Up Christmas
Cover:Splittingupchristmas digital.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Kevin Devine
Album:Make the Clocks Move
Released:November 2009
Genre:Indie rock, alternative rock
Label:Big Scary Monsters
Prev Title:Another Bag of Bones
Prev Year:2008

"Splitting Up Christmas", from the 2003 album Make the Clocks Move, is a UK Christmas single by Kevin Devine released in support of the 2009 Big Scary Monsters Christmas Tour.[1] At each date on the tour, an exclusive CD single was sold, limited to 25 copies, hand-numbered and signed by Devine. Each date's CD had its own exclusive B-side.

On December 12, 2009, the title track was offered as a free MP3 download on the record label's website. On December 17, 2009, the single was made available as a limited digital download with all nine B-sides, only available until December 31, 2009.[2] [3]

Both the CDs and MP3 downloads are now unavailable.

Track listing

Seven of the B-sides were previously released on the 2007 Tour EP. "Lord, I Know We Don't Talk" and "Write Your Story Now" (live at Old Blue Last) were previously unreleased.

References

  1. http://www.bsmrocks.com/news.php?newsid=352 Christmas Tour 09
  2. http://bsmrocks.com/news.php?newsid=364 Kdev free MP3
  3. http://bsmrocks.com/news.php?newsid=365 Splitting Up MP3s