Krampus Day Sale 2022 – Paradise of Bachelors

KRAMPUS DAY SALE 2022
25% Off Everything through December 15

Y’all, it’s been a while—we missed you. The hind of 2022 has been a blur, and herein lies its final Paradisiacal dispatch.

‘Tis the season to give records to beloved friends and family (and to yourself too). In lieu of the madness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we prefer to observe Krampus Day (honoring the Central European folkloric anti-Santa critter). Once again the dark, anarchic spirit of Krampus feels particularly apropos for the protracted End Times denouement to 2022 that we are all currently enduring—he seems to gain in malevolent power every year—but the December 5th holiday also conveniently coincides with Repeal Day (the end of Prohibition in the U.S.) This was another rough year for many of us, so raise a glass to New Days!

To celebrate, all items in the PoB website and Bandcamp stores—no exceptions—will be discounted 25% for two weeks, starting today. (It’s worth remembering that tomorrow, Friday, December 2 is once again Bandcamp Friday, when Bandcamp waives its share and passes on all revenue to artists and labels.)

To receive the discount, visit our online store or Bandcamp page from now until 11:59PM ET on Thursday, December 15th and enter the coupon code KRAMPUS during checkout.

Although we can’t guarantee it, all U.S. orders placed by December 14th should ship in time to arrive by Christmas, if that’s your thing. As always, U.S. orders totaling more than $100 ship for free!

While you’re shopping, get caught up on any Paradise of Bachelors releases you missed this year by checking out our Paradisiacal Playlist on Spotify. Follow us for more playlists curated by PoB artists and staff!

Enter coupon code KRAMPUS during checkout for a 25% discount

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2022: ANOTHER YEAR IN PARADISE

TIDINGS OF TWENTY TWENTY-THREE

We have a lot of exciting things to share in 2023, including both reissues and new music from some of your favorite PoB artists—some in different, ahem, settings—as well as the launch of an archival series, over a decade in the works, by an Indigenous Texan artist with whose powerful work across various media has been a constant companion for us for many years.

JAKE XERXES FUSSELL FALL TOUR

Our friend and yours, the inimitable Jake Xerxes Fussell, is on the road now on a solo tour through various Northeastern, Midwestern, and Canadian locales, the remaining dates of which are below.

Tickets are available here.

Dec 1 – Washington DC @ The Kennedy Center *
Dec 2 – Garrison, NY @ Philipstown Depot Theatre (SOLD OUT)
Dec 3 – Boston, MA @ Atwood’s Tavern (SOLD OUT)
Dec 4 – Albany, NY @ The Linda
Dec 6 – Hamilton, NY @ Colgate University **
Dec 8 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel
Dec 10 – Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk ***

* Free Show
** Free to Colgate University students & their guests
*** With special guest James Elkington

A BIG YEAR FOR BIG EARS

The Big Ears Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, March 30–April 2, 2023, and it’s a big year for PoB artists and alumni, with Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Steve Gunn, and The Weather Station all scheduled to perform.

Passes and more details are available here.

LOVE AND REMEMBRANCES FOR OUR DEPARTED FRIENDS

We lost two fine artists recently, Kenny Knight, whose brilliant 1980 album Crossroads we reissued, and our dear friend Patrick Haggerty, the visionary songwriter and founder of Lavender Country, the first openly gay country band, whose 1973 record we also reissued. There is no space here for our reflections, but please click through to read our remembrances and to hear Kenny’s and Pat’s music, which lives on, in the air, in our homes, in our hearts.

Here’s hoping we all get to visit Patrick’s idyllic Lavender Country this holiday season.

PATRICK HAGGERTY (1944–2022)