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Wake Up and Smell the Sun - Kris Kringle and the Midnight Soul (Crisis Mix)

from Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volume I by Various Artists

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Wake Up And Smell The Sun is happy and proud to
support the needs of people in need. At Christmas, and
at every moment throughout every year, people need our
help, our compassion, our generosity, our forgiveness,
our mercy, and our unpolitical goodness. We’re happy to
help Crisis.org, and yet unhappy that such an organization
should have to exist. Nonetheless, we are grateful of its
existence and for every small victory of joy, if only in the
feint smiles of the endless victims of loss.

Wake Up And Smell The Sun is a band and musical project created, written, and performed by John Murray, with collaborators on select songs and albums.

'Kris Kringle And The Midnight Soul' features John Murray on vocals and guitars, Patrick Berkery on drums, Robbie Bennett on piano
and Hammond organ, and Brian McTear on bass guitar. Brian McTear and his partner Amy Morrissey at Miner Street Recording in Philadelphia produced, engineered, and mixed the song. Mastering was completed by Joe Lambert.

Berkery and Bennett have performed with War On Drugs, with Bennett being the full time keyboard player for the band. Berkery appears on the band's last three studio records: 2021’s I Don’t Live Here Anymore, the Grammy-winning 2017 album A Deeper Understanding, and
2014’s Lost in the Dream. He also has a long list of performing credits as a member of Danielson, Strand of Oaks, Pernice Brothers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and others.

Brian McTear is an artist and songwriter and a world-renowned producer and mixer working with artists such as Sharon Van Etten, War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, Dr. Dog, Waxahatchee, and many
others. He is also the creator of Weathervane Music and the award winning studio documentary series Shaking Through.

The original mix of 'Kris Kringle And The Midnight Soul', was released in 2021 and has been remixed and remastered for the Crisis compilation in 2022. It was part of a 2-song follow up to 2020’s Electric Snow, entitled 'Ye Miner St. Christmas Hymnal'.

Wake Up And Smell The Sun released a critically acclaimed Christmas Album, Electric Snow in November 2020, followed by the single 'Yuletide Waves' in December 2020. The songs were recorded remotely during the pandemic with lots of stops and starts and perseverance.
More songs are on the way, including non-Christmas songs. Probably, anyway. No real plans ever exist. Life is fortunate enough to present obstacles to personal pursuits, which makes the
opportunity to help the Crisis organization all the better.

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from Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volume I, track released November 4, 2022

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