A holiday playlist for even the grinchiest at heart.
By
Chris Gray
12/23/2020 at 10:39am
For anyone struggling to get into the Christmas spirit, Hearts of Animals is here to help.
Merry Christmas Anyway, the Houston indie mainstayâs new eight-song release, will make an ideal digital stocking-stuffer for anyone who can relate to the lyric, âChristmastime is a punishment for everyone alive.â
Fittingly, the woman who wrote that line has been contending with Christmas music for most of her life. Mlee Marie Mains, founder and driving force behind Hearts of Animals, grew up with musician parents. âChristmas music was always a really big deal in my house,â she recalls. In college, she wrote a Christmas song every year or so until there was enough for an album, which she released in 2012 as