I think album art is important. It can not only grab your eye and coax you into listening to a record, but it can inform the listening experience. Surf has developed a strong library of iconography over the years, not to mention a stable of excellent go-to artists. I always enjoy taking a moment to look into who these artists are and recognize them for giving a little more life to this music.

I was in Chicago for this one celebrating early Christmas with my wife's family which kinda limited my bandwidth. Plus it was almost a week from Christmas and I didn't want to a full christmas show. So this was a pretty sloppy one by my own admission.