TEENY TINY STEVIES RELEASE NEW EP ‘WHAT RHYMES WITH CHRISTMAS’
What does it mean to have an Australian Christmas? What does it feel like? How do you, in fact, make gravy? Are all questions ARIA award winning songwriters Byll and Beth Stephen, aka Teeny Tiny Stevies, asked themselves about that time in December when writing their new EP, ‘What Rhymes with Christmas’ out now through ABC Music.
The EP follows the release of their ARIA nominated album ‘How To Be Creative’ in May of this year and was inspired by all the Christmas songs that refer to snow and winter. Byll and Beth felt compelled to add their offering about a place where you’re more likely to be feeling hot and sticky.
Memories of the end of school, the summer holidays, extended family visits, warm evenings & long days, the sound of cicadas, and the smell of food from the kitchen, all feature here in these all embracing songs about a special time of year.
What does Christmas in Australia feel like? “it feels a bit like you’re going on a holiday, even if you’re not going on a holiday”.
Byll and Beth explain, “As songwriters, we feel so lucky to be welcomed into families homes via our Teeny Tiny Stevies catalogue, and while we’re privileged enough to be there it feels like the right time to add our local voice to the mix of mostly international Christmas classics”
“Like most Australians, while enjoying the classic Christmas carols on offer, there is this weird disconnect when we’re singing along to songs about roasting chestnuts & snow men. It was a satisfying challenge, when writing these new songs, to ask ourselves ‘what does it feel like and sound like at MY Christmas right here at home’. “
“I also like the idea of Christmas songs that aren’t completely about Christmas, for example ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ is actually a love song, and ‘How to Make Gravy’ is the story of a family, I mean they are about Christmas but there’s another narrative. And we’ve honed in on that idea with ‘Three’.
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