The New Pornographers - "Joseph, Who Understood"

How about a beautiful, original Christmas song you've never heard for today's song of the weekend? OK then, we can do that.  Credit for today's selection goes out to my sister Deb who posted this on her facebook page yesterday in the spirit of Christmas (apparently she HAS heard this one). From their 2007 EP 'The Spirit of Giving' this is Vancouver's New Pornographers with "Joseph, Who Understood."

Can't say I know too much about this band, but it seems I should! I like what I hear and I have such a fondness for Vancouver that they get points just for that.

Background on the band comes from Wikipedia (and yes, they explain the name):

The band's first four albums each ranked in the top 40 on The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop year-end poll of hundreds of music reviewers. From 2000 to 2006, either a New Pornographers' album or a solo album from one of the band's members ranked in the top 40 on the list each year. In 2007, Blender magazine ranked The New Pornographers' first album, Mass Romantic, the 24th best indie album of all time. It is the second-highest Canadian album on the list, behind Arcade Fire's Funeral (which came in sixth). In 2009, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the band's second studio album, Electric Version, #79 in the "100 Best Albums of the Decade".
The name of the band was chosen by Carl Newman, who has said that he came up with it after watching a Japanese film called The Pornographers. Many writers have assumed that the name was a reference to Jimmy Swaggart's reputed claim that rock and roll was "the new pornography." The band has released five albums to date: Mass Romantic (2000), Electric Version (2003), Twin Cinema (2005), Challengers (2007), and Together (2010). A live album recorded on their 2006 tour is available only at concerts and on the band's website.

By the way...let me know if you DO know this song already. I want to know who's in the know.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Everything!
Peace.

Listen to "Joseph, Who Understood"
From the EP 'The Spirit of Giving'

Click here to watch a video of the New Pornographers on Letterman.