Judging from the sound of it, Team Mint are a pretty cynical bunch. From John Guliak's tears-in-my-beer weeper, "Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas," to the cash register that chimes during the intro to Atomic 7's clattering instrumental "Señor Santa Él Es el Monstruo" to Young and Sexy's ironic "Santa Claus Likes Rich Kids Better" to David Carswell and Megan Barnes' sunny-on-the-outside, heartbroken-on-the-inside pop ode to unrequited love during the holidays, "I Wanna Kiss You This Christmas," there isn't a whole lot of holiday cheer to be found on It's a Team Mint Xmas, Vol. 2. Oh well, at least there is a sleigh load of wonderful songs by some of the best artists the pop mecca of Vancouver has to offer. Along with the exquisite Young and Sexy track, Carolyn Marks' introspective shuffle "Song for the Girl With Two of Everything," the Ramblin' Ambassadors' rollicking "Don't Fear the Reindeer," the Smugglers' "Lonely Christmas," and the Tennessee Twin's aching "X-Mas Is Past" lead the pack. Add to that the Vancouver all-star edition of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and you've got a melancholy lump of gold that true indie kids would be quite glad to find in their stockings come Christmas morn. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide
Morgan McDonald, Grant Lawrence, Tobey Black, Carolyn Mark, Coco Culbertson, Lucy Brain, Dave Gowans, Ida Nilsen, Mint-Aid
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Do They Know Its Christmas? [Video [Multimedia Track]
Morgan McDonald, Grant Lawrence, Tobey Black, Carolyn Mark, Coco Culbertson, Lucy Brain, Dave Gowans, Ida Nilsen, Mint-Aid
Credits
Nick Thomas (Percussion), Lasse Lutick (Synthesizer), Lasse Lutick (Lap Steel Guitar), Paul Kehayas (Guitar (Acoustic)), Katie Sketch (Vocals), Kip (Engineer), Torben Wilson (Percussion), Nardwuar the Human Serviette (Organ), Grant Lawrence (Vocals), Tolan McNeil (Guitar), Alex Brain (Drums), Brent J. Cooper (?), Peter J. Moore (Mastering), Paul Kehayas (Bass (Electric)), Betty Ann Lampman (Paintings), Snowglobe lin (Drums), Cam Loeppky (Mixing), Ted Bois (Piano), Colin Stewart (Producer), Scott Livingstone (Drums), A Snowglobe lin (Bass), James Hayden (Guest Appearance), David Carswell (Guitar), David Carswell (Bass), Lucinda Wolfe (Producer), Lucy Brain (Vocals), Coco Culbertson (Vocals), Megan Barnes (Keyboards), Jason Zumpano (Drums), Paul Hixon Pittman (Vocals), Carolyn Mark (Guitar (Acoustic)), Dave Gowans (Guitar (Acoustic)), Ford Pier (Vocals), Paul Kehayas (Producer), Paul Kehayas (Guitar (Electric)), Morgan McDonald (Keyboards), Ford Pier (Organ), Lisa G. (Editing), James Heidebrecht (Engineer), Tyler Pickering (Glockenspiel), Carolyn Mark (Vocals), John Collins (Bass), Scott Nickless (?), Nick Thomas (Guitar), Megan Barnes (Vocals), Thomas Knox Darcy (Producer), Johnny Blerot (Engineer), Morgan McDonald (Whistle (Instrument)), Lucinda Wolfe (Vocals), Tobey Black (Vocals), Andre Lagrace (Guitar (Electric)), Rod Slaughter (Vocals), Ida Nilsen (Vocals), Carolyn Mark (Guitar), Nick Thomas (Keyboards), Maija Martin (Vocals), Tolan McNeil (Vocals), Nardwuar the Human Serviette (Vocals), Torben Wilson (Engineer), Garth Johnson (Vocals), Tolan McNeil (Arranger), Lucinda Wolfe (Mandolin), Tolan McNeil (Engineer), Garth Johnson (Drums), Carolyn Mark (Arranger), Torben Wilson (Drums), Cam Loeppky (Producer), Sean Allum (Drums), Lucy Brain (Percussion), Brendon "Dakk" McDonald (Guitar (Bass)), Snowglobe lin (Guitar), David Carswell (Vocals), Lasse Lutick (Guitar (Electric)), Thomas Knox Darcy (Engineer), Torben Wilson (Mixing), Thomas Knox Darcy (Mixing), Paul Hixon Pittman (Guitar (Acoustic)), Colin Stewart (Engineer), Young and Sexy (Producer), Randy "Tex" Iwata (Layout Design), Dave Gowans (Vocals), Rod Slaughter (Bass), Chon (Mastering)
