Connor Ratliff & Mikey Erg - NY, NY
In 2015, Comedian, Connor Ratliff, & Singer/Songwriter, Mikey Erg, wrote and recorded a batch of brand new, secular XMAS songs as the soundtrack to a bizarre YouTube Holiday Special spun-off from the public access version of The Chris Gethard Show.
Now, Ratliff and Erg are finally releasing these songs as a limited edition vinyl LP, pressed onto what they are calling “Secular Red” vinyl, featuring new sleeve art and liner notes by Ratliff, and hand screen printed by State Champion Records. Paired with their follow-up collection of “Anti-Summer Anthems,” this LP creates, in Ratliff’s words, “the perfect secular XMAS gift. Even if you don’t own a turntable, it’s great to have it just as an art object. Give one to someone else and ask them to get one for you!”
Ratliff (a veteran performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC, seen on TV shows like “Orange is the New Black,” “Search Party” and the upcoming second season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) and Erg (The Ergs, Worriers, The LLC) met while working on the long-running cult series, The Chris Gethard Show, and bonded over their mutual love for Elvis Costello. Eager to collaborate, they “wanted to write a handful of secular XMAS songs that hadn’t been written before, and to write novelty songs that were fun without feeling stupid."
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