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2013/11/29: "Review: Rating the new crop of holiday
albums," Los Angeles Times, November 29, 2013, online at
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-holiday-album-roundup-20131129,0,1424505.story#axzz2mTMUEmpc;
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/dec/06/rating-the-new-crop-of-holiday-albums/
(Las Vegas Sun):; also ran in Chicago Tribune, December 2, 2013:
"The Surfchord[s]: 'Sea Sun Greetings' (self-released,
http://www.surfchords.com)
"There's a fun idea here of transplanting the holiday
scenarios from the North Pole and snow-covered hills to the beach."
2013/12/02: "Legal Loop: 2013 holiday gift ideas for
tech-savvy lawyers," The Daily Record (Rochester, NY), December 2, 2013, online at
http://nydailyrecord.com/blog/2013/12/02/legal-loop-2013-holiday-gift-ideas-for-tech-savvy-lawyers/;
http://nylawblog.typepad.com/suigeneris/2013/12/2013-holiday-gift-ideas-for-tech-savvy-lawyers.html
(Sui Generis--a New York law blog):
"And, if you’d like some holiday music with a legal theme to
set the tone for your holidays, take a look at the holiday-themed albums
offered at LawTunes.com."
2013/12/04: "Jon's Xmas CD gift guide," Philadelphia
Daily News, December 4, 2013, online at
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20131204_Jon_s_Xmas_CD_gift_guide.html:
Noting "The SurfChords: Sea Sun Greetings"
2013/12/05: "The Word from Oak Hill," Oak Hill Gazette (Austin,
TX), December 5-18, 2013, at 4-5; online at
http://issuu.com/oakhillgazette/docs/december_5th:
"A surf band just put out a Christmas album. Didn’t see that coming, did
you? It gets better. The title of the album is called, “The SurfChords: Sea
Sun Greetings.” It includes the hit single, “Sand Duh’s Coming.” Just
kidding, I made that up. See? I could co-write for the band.
If it really is a band. Seems like it’s a one-man thing, but that’s okay.
What do I care if he plays drums, bass, guitar and every other instrument.
Of course that’s just conjecture on my part, as the only thing I know for
sure (or think I know for sure) is that all words and music were written by
Lawrence Savell.
If you’d like a free listen to a medley of the album’s songs, point your
browser to surfchords.com
2013/12/06: "Holiday music for your less-than-silent
nights," Knoxville News Sentinel/Scripps Howard News Service,
December 6, 2013, online at
http://www.daily-journal.com/life/entertainment/holiday-music-for-your-less-than-silent-nights/article_d6a14b04-5306-57ee-93af-19cf3a4297a2.html
and
http://m.daily-journal.com/life/entertainment/holiday-music-for-your-less-than-silent-nights/article_d6a14b04-5306-57ee-93af-19cf3a4297a2.html
(Daily Journal, Kankakee, IL);
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/holiday-music/holiday-music (The
Republic, Columbus, OH):
"'Sea Sun Greetings,' The Surfchords (www.surfchords.com)
"You have to give attorney-by-day Lawrence Savell credit. He
doesn't give up. Years after entering the holiday novelty market with 'Yule
Hear From Our Lawyers' (under the name LawTunes) and following with regular
releases, he's returned with a surf rock collection with such titles as
'Yuletide Riptide,' 'Snow Justice' and 'Ridin' on a Red Eye With Santa on
Christmas Eve.' Sometimes it's funny. Sometimes it's not. But, there's charm
in the guy's dedication and his 82-year-old mom's watercolors on the cover."
2013/12/14: "CD Reviews," Santa Fe New Mexican, December
13, 2013, online at
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/music/cd_reviews/:
"THE SURFCHORDS 'Sea Sun Greetings' (self-released)
"Like ugly holiday sweaters, pop remakes of Christmas music
induce warm and cozy feelings in some and shudders of nausea in others.
Sea Sun Greetings is a lighthearted and pun-heavy collection of 16
original surf-rock anthems and ballads released by experienced seasonal
songsmith Lawrence Savell. Since 1998, Savell has produced seven holiday-pop
albums — all of them, until now, somehow also incorporating a legal
perspective (Savell is a lawyer). 'For 2013,' he explains, 'I’ve climbed out
from the dusty shadows of the Law Library and headed to the beach.' It would
take a true Ebenezer Scrooge to lambaste this almost excessively
good-hearted album, packed as it is with positive lyrics like: 'When you put
on a Santa suit, you’re in for a surprise, in how you feel, and how you see
the wonder in children’s eyes/You’ll understand what it’s all for, and your
holiday spirit will be restored.' Though the combination of surf guitar and
sleigh bells is about as harmonious as eggnog and turkey gravy, these songs
manage to counter their inherent saccharinity with sincerity. The watercolor
cover art created by Savell’s 82-year-old mother also increases the album’s
endearment factor. Sea Sun Greetings makes a good stocking stuffer
for people who love jangly Christmas tunes, and it could also serve as an
alternative to coal for those who have trouble getting into the holiday
spirit."
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