Another overseas artist with a holiday tradition of new original Christmas music, for 2013 this band (or two bands, judging from the artist credit) gives us more of what they've given us before: mellow alternative pop-rock in short bursts with the occasional contribution of a horn section. None of the nine songs exceeds 2:34 in length, and several are much shorter. They kick off with the sweet "Rainy Christmas," give us two bites at "Christmas Tree" numbered 1 and 2, sing about a toy "Singing Santa," exhort us to visit the "Sleighbell Museum," rock out with "She Must Be Santa," take us on a languid trip to a "Frozen Lake," create a faux antique ballad called "Selaphobia" about outdoor Christmas lights, and sing about the "Siamese Lumberjacks" who cut down Christmas trees. Quirky as always, and available on Bandcamp for a price you can name yourself.
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