happy December everyone
I’m going to kick off my Bluesky career by doing a thread reviewing all the new Christmas records I can find released for 2024.
here we go 🧵
I’m going to kick off my Bluesky career by doing a thread reviewing all the new Christmas records I can find released for 2024.
here we go 🧵
Comments
3/5❄️
A short collection of jazz covers, v pleasant. Apparently she is huge on TikTok with young people, and her voice is a bit too self consciously mimicking 50s crooning for my taste, but v cool to see some lesser known gems on here, and very pretty listening overall.
4.5/5❄️
A new collection made up of Christmas albums from 50 years ago, all given a new mix. I haven’t heard the albums these songs come from, but this is quite magnificent. Perfect singing and lush arrangements, bright and melancholic. A must listen.
4.5/5❄️
A new collection made up of Christmas albums from 50 years ago, all given a new mix. I haven’t heard the albums these songs come from, but this is quite magnificent. Perfect singing and lush arrangements, bright and melancholic. A must listen.
3/5❄️
A charming stroll through blues and Americana and country. Quite pedestrian, always pleasant, some melancholic moments of real brilliance. Christmas Night With You is v pretty.
2.5/5❄️
A collection of mainly original songs which are basically a normal collection of ‘mature’ late period Folds piano songs with Christmas in the lyrics. Quite dull. Fleetingly decent. Occasionally torturous.
1.5/5❄️
Drab beyond words. The two singers split duties, alternating songs through the record. Everything is down tempo, miserable and uninspired. Avoid.
4/5❄️
A compilation of rock n roll deep cuts from the legendary record label. Has a lot of blood to it, and good variety. Some bits drag but it mostly soars - quite delightful
https://youtu.be/BC1FnOmeaoIh