David Byrne, enigmatic frontman and eclectic curator, is gearing up for the winter season with a playlist of offbeat holiday songs. Titled “Christmas Music for People Who Hate Christmas Music,” he posted the playlist on Mixcloud along with a lengthy anecdote about his choices.

The 32-track collection spans from Run-DMC to Willie Nelson, from the Staple Singers to Sabrina Carpenter. In between, there’s a plethora of songs from many different genres, nestled together, complementary and contradictory in turn. It’s an interesting mix, but one that delighted David Byrne fans and Christmas music haters.

“The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, the turning point when days begin, little by little, to become longer,” Byrne wrote on his website, along wit

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