While covers of all-too-familiar holiday tunes abound this time of year, a few bands have taken the tradition into interesting territory, from the Kills’ secularized rewrite of “Silent Night” to today’s edition of AV Club’s Holiday Undercover: Wye Oak unearthing a lesser-known Brenda Lee gem. Watch above, as Andy Stack ditches the drums for bass/programmed samples and Jenn Wasner channels Lee’s somber ode to a forlorn Christmas—a beautiful way to cap off the Baltimore duo’s breakthrough year.
