1. Brandon Setta - From A Bedroom On The Hill
2. Run Forever - Silent Night
3. Shivers - I Never Liked Christmas Music
4. Alex Rochette (Louder Than Bombs) - Arctic
5. Koji - Placeholders
6. Jacob Clarke - Christmas Eve
7. Alex Lombardi (Settle For Less) - Christmas Song
8. Featherweight - What Christmas Means To Me
9. You Vandal - Stocking Stuffer
10. John Flemming featuring Nick May - Maybe Next Year
11. The Haunted Continents - Long Lonely Year
Well, this entry from Either/Or Records is a bit of a mixed bag. Most of these artists come from the Pop Punk field, but this whole collection has a bit of a thrown together feel about it. It's more like an album of raw demos than completed works. In a way, that's fascinating. In a way, it's disappointing. About half the tracks here are emo, which is really hard to take 3 days before Christmas (unless you're just naturally depressed). Some of the mixing is awful--can't even hear the vocals on The Shivers track (although, given the title of their song, maybe they were going for irony). But there are some good tracks as well, poor recording quality aside. Koji is solid, as always. Jacob Clarke does OK with his number. Featherweight gives a real nice finger-snappin' performance on the Stevie Wonder classic. You Vandal's tune is worthy of better production values, but shines nonetheless (profanity aside). And the highlight of "Have Yourself An Either/Or Christmas" for me was easily the closer, The Haunted Continents' "Long Lonely Year"; it was the one song with a fully realized and passionate delivery. It's free at Bandcamp, so help yourself. But, if it weren't, I wouldn't advise spending money for it.
2. Run Forever - Silent Night
3. Shivers - I Never Liked Christmas Music
4. Alex Rochette (Louder Than Bombs) - Arctic
5. Koji - Placeholders
6. Jacob Clarke - Christmas Eve
7. Alex Lombardi (Settle For Less) - Christmas Song
8. Featherweight - What Christmas Means To Me
9. You Vandal - Stocking Stuffer
10. John Flemming featuring Nick May - Maybe Next Year
11. The Haunted Continents - Long Lonely Year
Well, this entry from Either/Or Records is a bit of a mixed bag. Most of these artists come from the Pop Punk field, but this whole collection has a bit of a thrown together feel about it. It's more like an album of raw demos than completed works. In a way, that's fascinating. In a way, it's disappointing. About half the tracks here are emo, which is really hard to take 3 days before Christmas (unless you're just naturally depressed). Some of the mixing is awful--can't even hear the vocals on The Shivers track (although, given the title of their song, maybe they were going for irony). But there are some good tracks as well, poor recording quality aside. Koji is solid, as always. Jacob Clarke does OK with his number. Featherweight gives a real nice finger-snappin' performance on the Stevie Wonder classic. You Vandal's tune is worthy of better production values, but shines nonetheless (profanity aside). And the highlight of "Have Yourself An Either/Or Christmas" for me was easily the closer, The Haunted Continents' "Long Lonely Year"; it was the one song with a fully realized and passionate delivery. It's free at Bandcamp, so help yourself. But, if it weren't, I wouldn't advise spending money for it.
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