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Phoebe Bridgers has released her annual holiday cover — this time with the help of her boygenius bandmates.
This year’s choice is “The Parting Glass” — a Scottish and Irish traditional that Sinéad O’Connor recorded in 2002 — which also features the Irish folk duo Ye Vagabonds. Just like all of Bridgers’ holiday songs, the proceeds will be donated, this time to the Aisling Project. Chosen by the Sinéad O’Connor Estate, the Aisling Project is an after school program for children and young people in Dublin, Ireland.
Upon O’Connor’s death last summer, Bridgers paid tribute to the artist in Rolling Stone. “If your entryway into politics or standing for something is because you want to be awesome like Sinéad O’Connor, then great,” she wrote. “Sheembodied what it means to be a musician and stand for something.Maybe it’s the internet, but in today’s landscape, people are told what is kosher to believe in and they just dothator the bare minimum. She was not like that at all. She made me feel like I was allowed to stand for things. It’s still hard, but I feel so lucky that I can feel validated and my beliefs are taken seriously. And that world exists because of Sinéad’ssacrifice.”
“The Parting Glass” is the seventh installment of Bridgers’ holiday songs, following last year’s rendition of the Handsome Family’s “So Much Wine.” Prior to that, Bridgers covered Tom Waits’ “Day After Tomorrow,” Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Thru December”(2020), Simon & Garfunkel’s “7 O’Clock News/Silent Night” (2019), McCarthy Trenching’s “Christmas Song” (2018), and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (2017).
Since being on the January cover of Rolling Stone and releasing their full-length debut the record in March, the indie rock supergroup has had a wildly successful year, from receiving six Grammy nominations to serving as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Earlier this week, they announced a collaboration with Brooklyn jeweler Catbird, and the demand was so high that fans crashed the internet.
