Another hit for Relient K
Posted December 18, 2007
By Nathan,
Basically Let it snow Baby... Let it Reindeer is a chance for fans who didn't pick up Relient K's previous Christmas album to get it again. Only this time its better, with six new tracks. Making the total count sixteen songs plus one bonus song.
The songs from the former Christmas album, Deck the Hall, Bruise your Hand, will remind fans of a punkier style of Reliet K, especially on "12 days of Christmas", which is done in an amazing three minutes and thirty seconds, and "angels we have heard on high". For the most part Releint K only makes the non Christ's birth songs ("Deck the halls", "12 day...", and "we wish you a merry Christmas") faster, with the exception of "angels we have heard on high".
"Silent Night/away in a manger" are good redoes of the classics, and they set up brilliantly for the soft yet terrific "I celebrate the day". The sad "I hate Christmas Parties" would be a pathetic song if it didn't sound so great. There is a clear change in sound in the new songs than the older, despite "sleigh ride" and "I'm getting nuttin for Christmas". The sound of new tracks "Merry Christmas and here's to many more" and "Boxing day" are more refined as they sound great.
The song inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe "in like a lion (always winter)" was released on their Apathetic EP, and it's perfect on the album. The music is slightly more instrumental than punk/rock, which is a good thing for the Christmas album, as the best songs, and most likely to get attention, is the softer music. Releint K must have been on ten cups of coffee when they did "Handel's Messiah", and they must have been taking lessons from the Beach boys on "Auld Lang Syne".
The tone of the album (on tracks "merry Christmas and here's to many more", Bowing day", and "Auld Lang Syne") is for joyful Christmas and a great new year. The fact that the ending, a word from Matthew Thiessen and Matt Hoopes, of the CD (not counting the bonus song) has nothing to do with Christ's birth is disappointing.
A totally un politically correct Christmas album which is the best of the year. A great bunch of new Christmas songs and original renovations of Old classics All equals a master piece for Relient K View All Music And Book Reviews By Nathan | View Nathan's Profile
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