Side Saddle Release 'Evergreen Magic' Single

Side Saddle ring in the holiday season with the brand new original single "Evergreen Magic". Helmed by Ian McGuinness, the song reflects on his childhood memories of finding the family Christmas tree each year with his dad at a local tree farm in Yorktown Heights, NY.

The new song is being released in tandem with a one off brew sharing the same name from Side Saddle's friends at Long Island, NY based Blue Point Brewing Co. The Evergreen Magic beer is a New England Style DIPA with Spruce Tips, and can be found in stores on Long Island, in NYC, the Blue Point Brewpub and shipped anywhere in NY as a 4-pack.

"I'm a big Christmas Tree guy," explains McGuinness, "I grew up going to a place called 'Wilkins Fruit and Fir Farm' in Yorktown Heights, NY. I didn't grow up with many family traditions but the one my Dad and I both loved the most was going to the farm and cutting down our own Christmas Tree. He was off on Mondays so we would go the first Monday in December, my sister, my mom, my dad, and I. We would bring our own bow saw, jump on the hay wagon and ride out until we got lost in the evergreens, jump off and start looking for 'the tree.' The family joke was that we always picked one that was too big and would never cut enough off of the bottom, so the top of the tree would always scratch the ceiling leaving a mark on the ceiling. For whatever reason, we never painted over the previous years' line's from Christmas Trees of years passed. It was sort of like a tally of how many years we'd kept the tradition. "

Side Saddle's most recent release was the Waltermelon EP, named after the beloved dog shared by McGuinness and his wife. The EP was dubbed "A rejuvenating indie-pop jewel reminiscent of Nada Surf and Death Cab for Cutie" by Glide Magazine among other praise, and drew from McGuinness influences including The Weakerthans, Fruit Bats, and The Beths.

Since it's release McGuinness has been focused on building his own home-recording set-up, and "Evergreen Magic" is the first song to be recorded in the new space. He played drums, guitars, keyboards, percussion and sang on the track. His friends Alisa Rabbitt and Brandon Niznik contributed violin and bass parts respectively.

Listen to the new single here:

Photo Credit: Charlotte Sparacino

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