You Wish, by Various Artists

You Wish

by Various Artists

supported by

more...

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$8 USD or more

1.	Keep Your Christmas 03:06	info	buy track
2.	Green Christmas 02:42	info	buy track
3.	Won't Be Alone Tonight 02:55	info	buy track
4.	Down We Go (Sledding Song) 04:38	info	buy track
5.	Baby in the Hay 03:23	info	buy track
6.	White Christmas 02:52	info	buy track
7.	Jesus Christ 02:27	info	buy track
8.	Christmas in Prison 03:09	info	buy track
9.	I Was Made for Losing You 01:44	info	buy track
10.	Christmas Time Is Here (Uh Oh) 02:05	info	buy track
11.	Christmastime Heist 03:02	info	buy track
12.	Love Asked Me to Stay 03:06	info	buy track
13.	Santa, Don't Say No 04:03	info	buy track
14.	Blue Christmas 03:09	info	buy track

about

To usher in the holiday season and cap off a fantastic 30th year as a label, we present You Wish: A Merge Records Holiday Album, featuring both original music and covers of traditional songs by Merge artists, all newly recorded for this compilation.

Not surprisingly, the sonic spectrum on You Wish is diverse. William Tyler delivers a gentle instrumental cover of Big Star’s “Jesus Christ,” but not before Mike Krol launches into “Won’t Be Alone Tonight,” a self-described “fast Christmas rocker about love and happiness.” The Telekinesis-penned “Christmas Time Is Here (Uh Oh)” almost appeared on a Cheap Trick holiday album, but Michael Lerner made the song his own for our record.

The lyrical subject matter swings just as wide: Mac McCaughan & Annie Hayden yearn for snow on “Down We Go (Sledding Song),” while The Essex Green crave warmer climes on the winking “Green Christmas.” Lucinda Williams’ voice remains as singular as ever, joining Hiss Golden Messenger’s M.C. Taylor for a heartbreaking rendition of the John Prine classic “Christmas in Prison.” Mikal Cronin’s song was inspired by his childhood experience of starring in a present-stealing, Santa-drugging Christmas musical (those exist?). Sure, You Wish may seem contradictory at times, but it’s also a reflection of the season and the mix of emotions that come with it.

You Wish joins A Giant Dog’s interpretation of Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible, Superchunk’s Acoustic Foolish, and A Merge Group Plays “Heroes” to conclude our 30th anniversary subscription series Born Under a Good Sign (#BUGS). In addition to those four surprise full-length LPs on exclusive colored vinyl, subscribers received limited-edition 7-inch singles and other goodies shipped periodically throughout 2019.

It’s been a fantastic year for Merge, and we hope the same is true for you. Now let’s get to celebrating with You Wish!

credits

released October 25, 2019

license

total		USD

about

Merge Records Durham, North Carolina

Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records reaching the top of the Billboard music charts. ... more

contact / help

Contact Merge Records

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like You Wish, you may also like:

The Georgia E.P.
by Death Cab for Cutie

supported by 30 fans who also own “You Wish”

great assortment of covers. well worth listening to. Wanderlust2021
go to album
Cover Charge: NC Artists Go Under Cover to Benefit Cat's Cradle
by Cover Charge

supported by 17 fans who also own “You Wish”

Great songs covered by great artists, all to benefit a place we treasure. And you’ll likely discover someone new to follow. What’s stopping you? jima53
go to album
Saint Cloud
by Waxahatchee

supported by 16 fans who also own “You Wish”

Breaks me every time. borrem
go to album
Collision Point
by William Susman & Piccola Accademia degli Specchi

Spellbinding ensemble songs with gently pulsing melodies, this is filmic music inspired by love, loss, & redemption. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 13, 2021
go to album
Folk for camera
by Louis DeCicco

An album of eight hushed songs from Louis DeCicco that emphasize the gloriously ghostly sound of slide guitar. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 13, 2021
go to album
Parks At Night
by Teis Ortved

Copenhagen musician Teis Ortved presents an album of electronic songs with heavy elements of jazz and trip-hop. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 13, 2021
go to album
Punisher
by Phoebe Bridgers

supported by 15 fans who also own “You Wish”

Kyoto & Garden Song are wondrous Punisher, a sparkling gem stone ICU, powerful, sweeping This is not glitter pop. Its complex, layered, & elegant. Renaissance genius altupliftingfan
go to album