One evening in October, after a year of endless roads, we finally came home. We remembered that we really liked this place where our furniture had gathered dust for the greater part of 2011. We wanted to celebrate being home, so we called our nearby friends and family, put an order in for Spaten Dunkel at Surdyk’s, prepared a table of tasty morsels and worked up a few Christmas songs. This recording is from that evening in our living room and a few other nights in November. It is, by far, the quickest project we’ve ever produced, and we are glad to say that what it lacks in production (there just wasn’t time for the 27 Ebow parts Joel would have liked to add, and the...) it makes up for in emotion. It’s our hope that this music finds you with a steaming cup of cider in hand and wrapped up in something (or someone) warm, that these tunes help bring you home, if only for a moment between endless roads.

Peace to you this Christmas.
Under the Mercy,
Aimée & Joel

More of our music, photos, and booking information is at tangledblue.com. We’d love to hear from you!

Special thanks goes to Martin Kretzmann for lending us his truly wonderful Kretzmann Acoustic Guitar. It’s part of what you’re listening to on this recording. You can find out more about the instruments Martin is making at kretzmannguitars.com.

Photos were taken by our friend, musician, and photographer Micah Taylor. More at micahtaylor.com. This project would not have been possible without the speedy work of our friends at Noiseland Industries. They are the best folks in the duplication business: noiseland.com.