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It's a Spinchristmas Volume I

by New Lenox

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1.
Who knew white could sparkle, The way fresh fallen snow does? Snowmen stand guard outside the door. We sip cocoa just because, Just a few more weeks inside, This cold, conflicted, dimly lit room. Snow on slanted rooftops, And lights lead to the peaks. I'm waiting for a christmas miracle, But you're so far from my tree. I miss the few nights we have had, But I know I'll be home soon. Counting minutes till your calls. Conversations while I'm away, Messages you leave at night, Make me smile throughout the day.
2.
Slow Down 05:02
Slow down, Look into these lost eyes. Smiling faintly, Wishing this was real. Nothing spoken, Nothing left to say. Cold air, Freezing dreams we make. It's all caught, In our dreams of the snow banks. And these hopes of mid-December. The way I've made all my wishes heard. The way you've made my Christmas blistered. It's all caught, In our dreams of the snow banks. And these hopes of mid-December. The way I've made all my wishes her's. The way you've made my Christmas blistered.
3.
This all depends on, On my fragile resolve, To stay through this blizzard, As long as I can. Or somehow defy her. To somehow detach. These crisp dark evenings, Defined this union of ours. Sneaking out to play in the snow. Laying in graves and counting the stars. We gave each other, New reasons to live. We wrapped them in paper, And tied them with bows. Someone that I once knew, Used to tell me stories, Of dreams that she once had, And lives she once led. I used to believe them. I used to respect them. I used to return them. I now just ignore them.

about

Spinchristmas was originally intended as a Christmas gift for a very good friend I had at the time. I didn't even own an acoustic guitar at the time, so I had to use my friend Bill O'Rourke's. He lived in the dormitory next to mine, so I had to run his guitar back and forth when I wanted to use it.

I wrote and recorded the EP in the small dorm room I shared with Brian. I still wonder what all the people in rooms around us thought about my constant recording and practicing.

The album title "Spinchristmas" derives from the nickname "Spin Chris" I had in high school, which itself came from me being in a band called "Spin Perry". The next year, I decided to do another EP in a similar format, thus the tradition began. I actually "released" it under the band name "Spin Chris" until the next year when CJ and I replaced it with the name "New Lenox".

There originally was no album art, so my friend Ellen graciously provided a few photographs a couple years later for me to use for it.

-Chris

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released December 25, 2005

Recorded in Champaign, Illinois and Naperville, Illinois.

Written, Recorded, Mixed, & Mastered by Chris Trott.
Cover Photos: Ellen Berry @ ellenberryphotography.tumblr.com

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New Lenox Chicago, Illinois

A revolving cast of characters making an annual Christmas & Winter themed three-song EP

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