
I like nice little Pop songs with Indie sensibilities, so this effort from My Submarine (led by Mike Ghazarian, formerly of You, Me And Everyone We Know), "Christmas Without You", was right up my Christmas tree. The string opening gives the track a familiar vintage hook at the outset and, true, they could have done much more with the dysfunctional family gathering drop-ins, and, true, there's nothing profound going on here, but it's still quite nice. And nice is nice. Free via Soundcloud for as long as it lasts.