Radio friendly Canadian punk band Fucked Up have recorded a special Christmas song which features an all star cast of collaborators.
On the track are all the following: James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), Cole (Black Lips), Kevin Peterson (What's Your Rupture?), Jacob Thiele (The Faint), Morag And Ursula, Jay Reatard, Dan Romano (Attack In Black), Faris Rotter (The Horrors), Davey Havok (AFI), Mike Fellows (Rites Of Spring), Matt Sweeney (Chavez/ Zwan), Dave One (Chromeo), Trevor Keith (Face To Face), Jason Green (Panthers/ Orchid), Jerry A (Poison Idea), Shenae Grimes (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Scott Vogel (Terror) and Nelly Furtado. It's like Band Aid, but with quality acts.
Writing about the all star track on their blog, the band assure us "this is not a joke", adding: "All of these people (willingly) participated in the recording of this song. This probably the most bizarre collaboration that they have/will ever do".
The all-star track will appear on the b-side to Fucked Up's 'David Christmas', the punk band's own festive number. Only a 1000 copies of the single are due to be pressed, though presumably it will also appear online, officially or otherwise.