Dave Barnes - I Wish it Would Snow
Nice mini-album, I’ll be sampling it some more throughout the season.
Wiaiwya - 24
Strong inde-pop compilation featuring great tunes from the lies of The popguns, Corvair, Piney Gir, The Orchids and more. Not every track is a winner but there’s more good here than meh. Check it out and pick your faves…
The Bittersweets - Love Came Down at Christmas
Lovely, ethereal
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Peter Simandyl - The Winterking (Christmas Song) / Daylong Dance
Interesting euro-folk
Emmy Law - Different This Year
Dreampoppy
Tom Speight - Driving Home for Christmas
Better than average “Acoustic cover”
Goo Goo Dolls - One Last Song About Christmas
Pretty decent mainstream rock ballad. Bonus track on re-released version of their Christmas record.
The Lathums - Krampus
Growing on me but I don’t know what kind of staying power it’ll have.
A Sentimental Christmas with Nat King Cole and Friends
Posthumous duets are … unsettling, both in motive and execution. That said it’s hard to go wrong with Nat Cole as source material, hard but not impossible. I can’t think of any good reason to come back to this album again - there’s bo added value in the Frankensteined songs, so what’s the point.
Manchester Orchestra - Christmas Songs Vol 1
A collection of Christmas dirges. What fun.
