Song of the Day: The Hulls - Christmas Time On the Picket Line

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. This week, we are featuring Christmas-themed songs selected by Brian Foss.

Brian Foss started hosting KEXP's Sonic Reducer on Saturday nights in 2004. That first year, Christmas fell on a Saturday, and since his friend Pete (former owner of the punk record store Singles Going Steady) owned a decent Xmas punk collection, he joined Brian on air and started a tradition of doing a yearly punk rock Christmas show. In 2007, Pete moved out of Seattle and Brian felt obligated to keep the tradition going and began his own dumb collection of holiday hardcore tunes. All non-traditional songs - no White Christmas's, no Jingle Bells. Only originals. Now it's a sickness and he can't stop.

Brian's pick for today is "Christmas Time On the Picket Line" by The Hulls from the 2014 compilation Cashing In On Christmas Volume 6 on Black Hole Records.

The Hulls - Christmas Time On the Picket Line (MP3)

Says Brian...

The Hulls are a punk band from New Haven, CT. This song came off the Cashing In On Christmas Vol 6 comp, a neat series of holiday-themed punk compilations. I own like 600+ unique non-traditional Christmas songs, but this is the only one i can recall that deals with unions. The track has a nice Social Distortion vibe to it.

Check out more music from The Hulls on Facebook and Bandcamp and look for more Christmas music this week on the KEXP Blog.