Sun June and Advance Base want to let you know, in the most gorgeous way possible, that ‘Christmas Is Over’.

Out now from Run For Cover Records, song is the perfect way to indulge in the post-holiday blues before getting back to real life. It’s a sparse duet built on gentle keyboards and a hazy drum machine beat, leaving plenty of room for Sun June’s Laura Colwell and Advance Base’s Owen Ashworth to weave their warm voices together like a fuzzy blanket on a snowy day. Sun June discussed the collaboration, saying:
“‘Christmas Is Over’ is about those brief, difficult, and sometimes glorious encounters you have when you come back home for the holidays. We love to regress. We love to bum cigs from old flames. We love to be totally depleted by family drama! Working on this song was a dream—we sent the demo to Owen, the greatest Christmas songwriter. He brought the song into his Advance Base world and gave it a new life. Christmas is OVER.”

Advance Base’s Owen Ashworth added:
“I’ve been a fan of Sun June ever since we shared a bill in Austin, TX back in 2016. It was a joy to take one of their beautiful songs apart and try to reimagine it. Their original demo for ‘Christmas Is Over’ was just a guitar and a vocal. I kept Laura‘s vocal track and built a whole new synth and drum machine arrangement around it, adding my own backing vocals. Bennett Littlejohn mixed and mastered the song and Aaron Sewards made the cover art, closing the circle on a dream project.”

Upcoming Advance Base Shows:
01/14 Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone (w/ Pas Moi, Ben Ricketts + JVLIX)
01/15 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia (w/ Little Mazarn)
01/16 Houston, TX @ The End (w/ Little Mazarn, Trevor Reichman)
01/17 Lockhart, TX @ Lockhart Arts, Craft (w/ Little Mazarn, Batty Jr)
01/18 Austin, TX @ Ballroom (w/ Little Mazarn, palefire)
01/21 Denton, TX @ Andy’s Bar (w/ Little Mazarn)
01/22 Tulsa, OK @ The Whittier (w/ Little Mazarn, Kalyn Fay)
01/23 Fayetteville, AR @ Pearl’s Books (w/ Little Mazarn)
01/24 Kansas City, MO @ Farewell Cafe (w/ Little Mazarn)
01/25 St Louis, MO @ Chill Dawg Cove (w/ Little Mazarn)
01/26 Chicago, IL @ Tone Deaf Records (w/ Little Mazarn)
03/15 Portland, OR @ Turn! Turn! Turn! (w/ Little Kid [solo], Half Shadow)
03/13 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (w/ The Bird Calls, Kristin Daelyn)

Sun June (photo credit: Alex Winker)