Pitchfork

This mellow White Bread Black Beer outtake features Green Gartside in the same plaintive mood he struck on songs like that album's "The Boom Boom Bap", but not without references to things like "the tree of cocaine" and "a river of beer."

The layered vocals, pretty harmonies, and carefully placed slide guitar give the song an almost "new grass" feel, and the occasional xylophone adds a holiday touch. If only the French female voice in the middle were counting down from a dozen instead of seven, we'd have a new "12 Days of Christmas".