A Fine Frenzy - Oh Blue Christmas
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Artist: A Fine FrenzyEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Published: 2009
Music Label: Virgin Records
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Free Music Review: Something different for Christmas
Hit: 5 Stars
A Fine Frenzy's "Oh Blue Christmas" is truly something fresh and different for your holiday mix, or indeed any time of year; while there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of the songs covered on this EP - Blue Christmas, Winter Wonderland, and Christmas Time Is Here - the treatment they receive here goes above and beyond simply switching instruments around and having a different vocalist. They're still very recognizable, but you'll find them in a whole new flavor here.
The album's two high peaks, in my opinion, are the original "Redribbon Foxes" and the cover of "Christmas Time Is Here"; these two even stand out as some of A Fine Frenzy's best achievements.
"Redribbon Foxes" is nearly indescribable in its beauty and depth; it's full of a folk feel, and while uptempo, is a strange mix of melancholic and hopeful, touching on themes of fulfillment and emptiness atop haunting guitar and effects you may find familiar to One Cell In The Sea, their 2007 first release. It's a Christmas song, yes, but at the same time, it's universal to all seasons.
"Christmas Time Is Here" of Charlie Brown fame receives a similar update to A Fine Frenzy's sound, again reminiscent of their first album in its sparse arrangement for piano, the occasionally guitar slide, and strings and brass in its latter half. The song is at once true to the original and something completely new.
The other four tracks of the EP vary greatly, and are also quite remarkable; Blue Christmas retains melancholy but is also somewhat upbeat, and Winter Wonderland comes across lightheartedly. Winter White and Wish You Well are more of the Bomb in a Birdcage variety, being more instrument-heavy and uptempo, though no less thoughtful and emotive. There are various brass and string parts in each of these, sometimes jazzy, and even with a brief mariachi flavor in "Wish You Well"'s ending moments.
This six song extended play is very impressive so soon after A Bomb in a Birdcage, and while the track list may seem short to some not familiar with EPs, it's enough to satisfy without being overbearing. Five stars as a Christmas effort and as an excellent addition to A Fine Frenzy's discography.
Oh Blue Christmas Poster
2009 EP featuring six dazzling, never-before-released holiday songs from A Fine Frenzy.Track listing:
1. Blue Christmas
2. Winter Wonderland
3. Redribbon Foxes
4. Winter White
5. Wish You Well
6. Christmas Time Is Here
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