Perfect Holiday, Fitz and the Tantrums (Elektra)

This blue-eyed soul band was on the Christmas tip with the 2011 single "Santa Stole My Lady," and they're back in 2023 with this five-song EP of originals that doesn't include the single or its B-side. "Give Love This Year" is a solid mid-tempo holiday single, the title song picks up the pace with an 80s pop-rock feel, "Some Kind of Christmas" breaks out the jingle bells in the intro but quickly segues into the group's trademark sound, "Caroling" is more of the band's uptempo sound applied to spreading holiday music outdoors, and "World Without Christmas" wraps things up here in style. All are keepers, and you should add the earlier single to this if you playlist the whole thing.