A Harris and Hart Holiday take a shot at Xmas songs with “A Christmas Song“. Those songs don’t really mean a thing to me, they confess. Just stream of consciousness, like this song. Stuttering pop with a one word refrain. Yeah, baby.
Sometimes your life ain’t so great, suggest The Coyotes in “Candy Cane Lane 2023” (NOT the Eddie Murphy Netflixx thing). Sluggish indie that allows for, nay prompts, rain. Wallow, wallow, wallow.
Tammy Wynette uses country sarcasm to bit into “(Merry Christmas) We Must Be Having One“. It’s all smoke and mirrors, however, with no heart. Don’t tell the kids.
John Farrell gives into “A Little Bit of Scrooge” ’round this time of year. It may be Xmas, but it also is a time for getting grumpy and annoyed. Kidsong unplugged.
The Dream of Horses sing around the sinister clarinet doodling to mark the passage of time in this endless season. “Dress it Up in Tinsel” is weak sauce attempt to celebrate, so: indie.
And all that rot, concludes Ardie Collins in the watered down caustic folk of “Happy Christmas, I Suppose“. His voice speeds up to intimate hope, but the monotone kills it.