Today’s holiday cheer comes to you all the way from Scandinavia, a drippy and dribbly retro rocker from Norwegian rockers I Was A King. Before reaching you, the track took detour through New Jersey, appearing on the 2008 Christmas sampler from Daniel Smith’s Jersey-based Sounds Familyre label. The track could have just as easily come off the band’s 2009 self-titled sophomore effort, though, as “Over Mountains” would fit in with any of the more delicate tracks on that record, like “Stay Warm” or “It’s All You.” Though the Mascis-style shredding that infuses some of that records most notable tracks is absent, the band replaces it with a nice mid-psych fuzz that somehow feels just like Christmas, at least following Tom & Jerry #2.
