Carol Told by an Idiot, 14

Wave your hands like you can tell time! You know when the year has rolled over you and it’s that time again. You know what it means. You know what to sing.

Drugged out slowly, Paul Sandrone/Christopher Mann croon through “It’s Christmas Again” like they’re getting paid by the minute.

Ordinary Language blues-rock the joy when “It’s Christmas time Again.” It may seem morose, but it’s merry. Count on it.

Heart is counting “The Last Noel” as a marker from the first. That’s a long time until Christmas again. But the plaintive folk pop makes its case.