{"id":41063,"date":"2024-12-10T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41063"},"modified":"2024-12-08T07:17:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T12:17:29","slug":"the-cords-share-upbeat-xmas-tune-favourite-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41063","title":{"rendered":"The Cords share upbeat Xmas tune \u2018Favourite Time\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Cords are just the latest in a long line of Scottish groups flying the flag for DIY pop. Sisters Eva and Grace take their cues from forebearers like Dolly Mixture, Heavenly and Tiger Trap, revitalizing the C86 sound with style and infectious enthusiasm. This has been a big year for them, from taking the stage at Belle and Sebastian&#8217;s Glasgow Weekender and dazzling at Glas-Goes Pop!, to playing alongside Duglas T. Stewart and hopping on the bill of San Fran mainstays Cindy&#8217;s Coventry gig, it seems only right that the Inverkip-based duo see 2024 out on a festive high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recorded over the course of two days with Jonny Scott (CHVRCHES) amidst recording sessions for their upcoming debut LP, <em>Favourite Time<\/em> is 2 minutes and 42 seconds of unapologetic Christmas joy; sleigh bells and all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>I put on my favourite scarf to wear under the snowy stars \/ Sing a Christmas lullaby and drink up your ginger chai\u201d<\/em> sings Eva above a building blanket of clean, jangly (jingly?) guitar chords and Grace&#8217;s signature lively drum fills; which sound even more intricate and carefully executed this time around (think The Umbrellas). Not only does <em>Favourite Time<\/em> transport you to the colder months of the year; but I think it sums up exactly what The Cords do best: turn simple musings on life into the most charming pop songs you&#8217;ll ever hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Favourite Time<\/em> is the first track released from Oakland&#8217;s Slumberland Records and Glasgow&#8217;s Heavenly Creature Records; with sleeve inserts printed by Good Press in the city and designed by in-house Cords artist (and Dad) Marc Tedeschi. Listen via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m9Uyv2W0_iE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formats: digital \/ flexi<br>Pre-order<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forcefieldpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-gujtdut-drjjtiirkr-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Cords are just the latest in a long line of Scottish groups flying the flag for DIY pop. Sisters Eva and Grace take their <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41063\" title=\"The Cords share upbeat Xmas tune \u2018Favourite Time\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"#christmas #indiemusic #music #thecords #favouritetime","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,30,1907,32],"tags":[249,11993,11994],"class_list":["post-41063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","category-records","tag-christmas","tag-favourite-time","tag-the-cords"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3561-e1733660023881.jpeg?fit=602%2C484&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-aGj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19622,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=19622","url_meta":{"origin":41063,"position":0},"title":"Shark Dentist release new single &#8216;Stranger&#8217; + announce live date","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"February 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"London four-piece,\u00a0Shark Dentist\u00a0are set to release their debut single on\u00a0Camden based record shop label,\u00a0Ra-Ra Rok Records\u00a0on the\u00a05th\u00a0February 2015. Stranger, the follow up to the Steve Lamacq favourite and recent cassette release\u00a0Cut My Self Shaving, was\u00a0produced and engineered by Sean Read of The Rockingbirds, and was recorded in London at the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;indie&quot;","block_context":{"text":"indie","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"Shark Dentist","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Shark-Dentist.jpg?fit=711%2C535&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Shark-Dentist.jpg?fit=711%2C535&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Shark-Dentist.jpg?fit=711%2C535&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Shark-Dentist.jpg?fit=711%2C535&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23981,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23981","url_meta":{"origin":41063,"position":1},"title":"Retro Festive puts the kitsch into Christmas shopping","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When planning holiday shopping\u00a0this year, you should\u00a0consider RetroFestive.ca, Canada's Pop Culture Christmas Store, who offer tens of thousands of kitschy gift ideas with themes including The Beatles, KISS, Elvis Presley, Grateful Dead, and John Denver, mixtape, boom box and guitar ornaments, and much more for music fans on the Nice\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;lifestyle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"lifestyle","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=3766"},"img":{"alt_text":"Retro Festive","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RetroFestive_Music.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RetroFestive_Music.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RetroFestive_Music.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RetroFestive_Music.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14035,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=14035","url_meta":{"origin":41063,"position":2},"title":"Andy Warhol: Revisited &#8211; A pop of pop-art in Toronto","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"July 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Andy Warhol Revisited\u00a0opens in Toronto today and gives you the\u00a0opportunity to view one of the world\u2019s largest collections of original Warhol prints and paintings.\u00a0Located in a 4,200 square foot pop-up gallery space at\u00a077\u00a0Bloor Street West (it used to be the Guess storefront in Yorkville). They cleansed the Guess-ness out of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"AW revisited","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/AW-revisited.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/AW-revisited.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/AW-revisited.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/AW-revisited.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/AW-revisited.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39969,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39969","url_meta":{"origin":41063,"position":3},"title":"Max\u00efmo Park Return With New Single \u2018Favourite Songs\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Max\u00efmo Park\u00a0have shared their brand-new single\u00a0Favourite Songs\u00a0out via\u00a0Lower Third.\u00a0Favourite Songs is the band\u2019s own salute to the potency of pop music in its ability to provide solace in times of need, and a place to retreat into with like minds. Jerky riffs, shimmering synths and a driving chorus propel Favourite\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;guitar rock&quot;","block_context":{"text":"guitar rock","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"Maximo Park press photo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4E859C37-F18F-4EB0-9F79-3900DFEE0456.jpeg?fit=1200%2C859&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4E859C37-F18F-4EB0-9F79-3900DFEE0456.jpeg?fit=1200%2C859&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4E859C37-F18F-4EB0-9F79-3900DFEE0456.jpeg?fit=1200%2C859&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4E859C37-F18F-4EB0-9F79-3900DFEE0456.jpeg?fit=1200%2C859&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4E859C37-F18F-4EB0-9F79-3900DFEE0456.jpeg?fit=1200%2C859&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5797,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=5797","url_meta":{"origin":41063,"position":4},"title":"Christmas Music Video Addiction: Tuesday December 25, 2012 edition","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"December 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Merry Christmas to all of you who are celebrating today. We pulled together some of our favourite \"festive\" videos which have a normal Culture Addicts twist. Enjoy. The Ramones: Merry Christmas (I Don\u2019t Want To Fight Tonight) [youtube_sc url=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Y5GtaTrPHM\" theme=\"light\"] Run DMC: Christmas In Hollis [youtube_sc url=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8\" theme=\"light\"] Fulltime Killaz:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=28"},"img":{"alt_text":"Music Video Addiction","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/music-video-addiction-gif.gif?fit=526%2C398&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/music-video-addiction-gif.gif?fit=526%2C398&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/music-video-addiction-gif.gif?fit=526%2C398&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11872,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=11872","url_meta":{"origin":41063,"position":5},"title":"Culture Addicts&#8217; favourite albums of 2014","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"December 31, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's the end of 2014, so we thought we would give you a list of our favourite albums of the year. They aren't in any particular order, and we could only narrow it down to 12 albums (so much good music came out this year). Caribou - Our Love (Merge\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=28"},"img":{"alt_text":"2014 countdown","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/year-198469_640.jpg?fit=640%2C454&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/year-198469_640.jpg?fit=640%2C454&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/year-198469_640.jpg?fit=640%2C454&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41063"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41066,"href":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41063\/revisions\/41066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}