The Singing Saw at Christmastime | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Julian Koster |
Cover: | koster_singing_saw_christmas.jpg |
Alt: | a vintage-style cartoon drawing of an anthropomorphic saw singing in front of abstracted Christmas trees |
Released: | October 7, 2008 |
Genre: | Christmas, Lo-Fi, Experimental |
Label: | Merge Records |
Prev Title: | Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes |
Prev Year: | 2008 |
Next Title: | Mary's Voice |
Next Year: | 2012 |
The Singing Saw at Christmastime is an album released by Julian Koster on October 7, 2008 by Merge. It features covers of popular Christmas songs played by Julian Koster on the singing saw.[1]
The album received mixed-to-positive reviews. Pitchfork gave it a 7 out of 10, describing it as “unsettling, bizarre, and, on occasion, exquisite.”[2] Spin’s 2-star (out of five) review compared the album to “your grandmother’s ghost visiting on Christmas Eve to serenade the family with wordless, impressionistic vapors that teeter between hauntingly gorgeous and slightly nauseating.”[3]