And a Happy New Year, Mikey Wax (self-issued)

I haven't encountered Mikey before, but this 2012 EP is a nice piece of work, starting from the top with the nice original mid-tempo rocker that is the title song. He also wrote "Catch the Midnight Flight," a ballad calling for a lover to come home for the holidays, and "Perfect Holiday," a bouncy piano-led number whose topic is obvious from the title. "Let It Snow" gets a ballad treatment and "Winter Wonderland" is uptempo with steel guitar and ukelele. That leaves the non-holiday "Across the Universe," the Beatles classic that gets an appropriate performance. Worth your attention.