Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom

A festive collection of winter songs (originally by Purple Mountains, Willie Nelson, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Merle Haggard and more) by the indie supergroup consisting of Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna), Britta Phillips (Luna), and Pete Kember aka Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, Spectrum).

In a season where we all seek comfort, tradition, and a return to a home of sorts, a trio composed of indie music’s foundational members have gifted us A Peace of Us—an album of diverse holiday tunes filtered through their musical imaginations. Dean & Britta, well-known from their work defining a genre with Galaxie 500 and Luna, join Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom, another bastion of indie’s collective adolescence, to bring to life a collection that draws from early ‘60s pop, garage, country, James Bond soundtracks, Christmas carols, and electronica. Dean Wareham recalls a sentiment from his DJ friend Chris: “You can experience all the emotions of Christmas through music: love and hate, joy and heartache, nostalgia, regret, anticipation, and frustration.”