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1. Ghosts of Christmas
2. Mystery of Christmas Eve 3. Star of Bethleham 4. Christmas In Paradise 5. Sweet Expectations 6. Bring A Song of Joy 7. Wake Up Jacob 8. Wish You Were Here 9. She's All I Need 10. He Found Himself There 11. Twilight Christmas Morn 12. Coal Miner's Christmas 13. Tiny Tim (God Bless Us Everyone) REINDEER TRIBE WEBSITE DOWNLOAD VIA BANDCAMP |
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The blog Largehearted Boy (with Santas Working Overtime playing middle man via the Twitters) found this digital Christmas themed album from Reindeer Tribe, an Alt Rock/Alt-Folk Indie collective from Southern California who, as the name would imply, are a seasonal band of fluid membership. Every year, they collaborate and manage to come up with a full album of Christmas music which they then share via Bandcamp, usually as a free or name-your-price download.
I find it hard to believe I haven't featured them here before but, if I have, I can't find anything. So shame on me.
Reindeer Tribe released their first set of holiday tunes back in 2009, so "Ghosts of Christmas" marks the release of their SEVENTH such collection. "Lucy, you got a lot of listenin' to do." A couple of the sets do have a price tag on them (notably lat year's "A Great Light") but the price tags, when there are any, are small and most of the collections are free. While the earlier albums were a little more raw and weighted toward covers, the production values and original material is as solid now as an awful lot of stuff you'd lay down $20 for. And, as a collective, there's a lot of variety here, yet with a consistency that serves the project well.
Personal favorites include the soulful "Star of Bethleham" featuring Rachel Chadwick on vocals, "Christmas In Paradise" which sounds like it came straight off late 50s Teen Idol radio (Bernard Chadwick and Lauren Hillman on vocals), and "Wish You Were Here" which sounds very Stevie Nicks/"Rumours" era Fleetwood Mac. If you happen to crave something more Folk oriented or you love that Southern California Country Rock sound, there's plenty here to satisfy those cravings as well. But, really, this is a very satisfying listen all the way through and you should just drop the virtual needle and enjoy the record the way God intended. You'll find "Ghosts of Christmas" here and all the previous holiday collection of Reindeer Tribe here. And, if you've got a hankerin' for some video action, you'll find a bunch of 'em at Reindeer Tribe's web site.
I find it hard to believe I haven't featured them here before but, if I have, I can't find anything. So shame on me.
Reindeer Tribe released their first set of holiday tunes back in 2009, so "Ghosts of Christmas" marks the release of their SEVENTH such collection. "Lucy, you got a lot of listenin' to do." A couple of the sets do have a price tag on them (notably lat year's "A Great Light") but the price tags, when there are any, are small and most of the collections are free. While the earlier albums were a little more raw and weighted toward covers, the production values and original material is as solid now as an awful lot of stuff you'd lay down $20 for. And, as a collective, there's a lot of variety here, yet with a consistency that serves the project well.
Personal favorites include the soulful "Star of Bethleham" featuring Rachel Chadwick on vocals, "Christmas In Paradise" which sounds like it came straight off late 50s Teen Idol radio (Bernard Chadwick and Lauren Hillman on vocals), and "Wish You Were Here" which sounds very Stevie Nicks/"Rumours" era Fleetwood Mac. If you happen to crave something more Folk oriented or you love that Southern California Country Rock sound, there's plenty here to satisfy those cravings as well. But, really, this is a very satisfying listen all the way through and you should just drop the virtual needle and enjoy the record the way God intended. You'll find "Ghosts of Christmas" here and all the previous holiday collection of Reindeer Tribe here. And, if you've got a hankerin' for some video action, you'll find a bunch of 'em at Reindeer Tribe's web site.
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