Seasoned Freaklings, Bunnygrunt (Bert Dax Cavalcade of Stars)

Bunnygrunt is a St. Louis-area band that's been around for a couple of decades, and this 2023 collection purports to be "Thirty Years of Holiday Hits By the Grand Elves of Midwest Twee Core." I do know a couple of the cuts here were a single in 2022, for the rest I'll have to take their word. "Twee core" would be a good term to describe this, mostly upbeat rock music in which female vocals and enthusiasm overwhelm typical commercial production values. The previous single included "The Twelve Words of Christmas," a very short rocker, and "Merry Christmas, I DO Want To Fight Tonight," a rejoinder to the Ramones holiday classic. "Season's Freaklings" is an upbeat number with simple lyrics, "Blue Christmas" is an amateurish cover of the familiar tume, "The Hanukkah Scoot" is an instrumental, "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter" is a romantic tune with minimal backing, "All I Got For Christmas Was This Lousy Boy" has a slight flavor of 70s glam rock, and "11:59," credited to "Blondiegrunt," is a cover of the Blondie tune that starts with a countdown to tie it to New Year's. Not bad, but more for people with a particular taste for this sort of indie-pop-rock. Grab it from the Bert Dax Cavalcade page at Bandcamp. I will note that the label has nine volumes of this sort of indie rock holiday music, though the newest one is approximately from 2011; maybe someday I'll give them some additional coverage.