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SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER DEBUT NEW CHRISTMAS SONG, SHARE STORY BEHIND IT
NEWS SOURCE: Sixpence None The Richer, a Jesusfreakhideout.com report
September 26, 2008
With the October 14th release of Sixpence None The Richer's first full-length
release since breaking up in 2003, a Christmas project
entitled The Dawn Of Grace, approaching, the duo has posted a new song online for fans.
Guitarist, songwriter Matt Slocum also shared the story behind the Christmas original, "The Last Christmas"...
"'The Last Christmas' was written as my wife and I were expecting our
first daughter, who incidentally was born this past August. As
friends and family were often telling us at the time, our child would
signal a new season for my wife and I. Indeed, nothing would ever be
the same again. Of course, instinctively we knew this to be true, but
as the days progressed, and our daughter grew in the womb, we both
began to identify in our own way with what Mary and Joseph may have
felt, that their lives would never be the same, that their child
would bring about a new era. The lyric is an attempt to express this
sentiment. One interesting discovery in the process of writing the
lyric was that the word "Advent" means "the birth of a child", and
that every mother and father experiences, in their own way, their
own personal Advent.
- Matt"
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