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Track List
01) The Christmas Waltz
02) Christmas Day
03) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
04) I'll Be Home for Christmas
05) Christmas Wish
06) Sleigh Ride
07) Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
08) Silver Bells
09) Baby, It's Cold Outside
10) Blue Christmas
11) Little Saint Nick
12) The Christmas Song
01) The Christmas Waltz
02) Christmas Day
03) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
04) I'll Be Home for Christmas
05) Christmas Wish
06) Sleigh Ride
07) Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
08) Silver Bells
09) Baby, It's Cold Outside
10) Blue Christmas
11) Little Saint Nick
12) The Christmas Song
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2011
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A Very She & Him Christmas is the first Christmas album and the third studio album by the folk/indie rock band She & Him, consisting of actress and musician Zooey Deschanel and musician M. Ward. The album was released on October 24, 2011, and features several covers of classic holiday songs. The twelve track album is distributed by Merge Records and proceeds from every album sold are being donated to 826 National, a nonprofit network of writing and tutoring centers.
Their cover of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" was featured in the Christmas episode "The 23rd" of the TV-show New Girl, which stars Zooey Deschanel.
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n recent years Christmas albums from indie stars have veered from the engagingly bleak (Bright Eyes’ A Christmas Album) to the wonderfully whimsical (Sufjan Stevens’ Songs for Christmas). A Very She & Him Christmas finds M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel offer up something slightly different in form but no less sincere, despite its jokey cover photo. In thrall to Yuletide offerings by the likes of Elvis Presley and The Beach Boys and strongly coloured by the duo’s admiration of classic 50s through 70s sounds, it was perhaps an inevitable release for a band like She & Him, and it fits their aesthetic to a tee.
This isn’t the first time Deschanel has dabbled in festive fare, mind. As love interest for Will Ferrell in 2003’s sweet comedy Elf, she provides the film its very own Christmas miracle through the medium of song. The film was a huge success, balancing its humour with unchecked enthusiasm for its themes and deep affection for its characters (even those who resided on the ‘naughty list’). And if you’re willing to brush aside your cynicism and embrace your inner Christmas spirit, you’ll find more of the same here, the profits of which will partly support literary organisation 826 National.
It does, of course, sound more or less like how you’d expect a Christmas album from She & Him to sound. Although less expansive than the pair’s well-received Volume Two LP, it is equally lush – Ward’s guitar work as subtle and refined as ever, Deschanel’s pretty, earthy voice well suited to the standards on offer. The Christmas Waltz opens proceedings in sparse, acoustic style, Ward takes the lead on Christmas Wish, while Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas hangs off a treble-heavy electric, introducing dreamy backing vocals into the fold.
A Very She & Him Christmas isn't about to change anybody’s world, and there’s little on here that will sway detractors of the pair. There are moments, inevitably, when it tips a little too wholeheartedly into schmaltz and sentiment (Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree is the most obvious culprit). The sensitive re-imaginings of Silver Bells, Little Saint Nick and Blue Christmas are a far better fit, and the call and response vocals of Baby, It’s Cold Outside are playful and lovely. There’s plenty to raise a smile over these 12 songs, and that’s no doubt exactly what She & Him intended from them.
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A Very She & Him Christmas is the first Christmas album and the third studio album by the folk/indie rock band She & Him, consisting of actress and musician Zooey Deschanel and musician M. Ward. The album was released on October 24, 2011, and features several covers of classic holiday songs. The twelve track album is distributed by Merge Records and proceeds from every album sold are being donated to 826 National, a nonprofit network of writing and tutoring centers.
Their cover of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" was featured in the Christmas episode "The 23rd" of the TV-show New Girl, which stars Zooey Deschanel.
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n recent years Christmas albums from indie stars have veered from the engagingly bleak (Bright Eyes’ A Christmas Album) to the wonderfully whimsical (Sufjan Stevens’ Songs for Christmas). A Very She & Him Christmas finds M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel offer up something slightly different in form but no less sincere, despite its jokey cover photo. In thrall to Yuletide offerings by the likes of Elvis Presley and The Beach Boys and strongly coloured by the duo’s admiration of classic 50s through 70s sounds, it was perhaps an inevitable release for a band like She & Him, and it fits their aesthetic to a tee.
This isn’t the first time Deschanel has dabbled in festive fare, mind. As love interest for Will Ferrell in 2003’s sweet comedy Elf, she provides the film its very own Christmas miracle through the medium of song. The film was a huge success, balancing its humour with unchecked enthusiasm for its themes and deep affection for its characters (even those who resided on the ‘naughty list’). And if you’re willing to brush aside your cynicism and embrace your inner Christmas spirit, you’ll find more of the same here, the profits of which will partly support literary organisation 826 National.
It does, of course, sound more or less like how you’d expect a Christmas album from She & Him to sound. Although less expansive than the pair’s well-received Volume Two LP, it is equally lush – Ward’s guitar work as subtle and refined as ever, Deschanel’s pretty, earthy voice well suited to the standards on offer. The Christmas Waltz opens proceedings in sparse, acoustic style, Ward takes the lead on Christmas Wish, while Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas hangs off a treble-heavy electric, introducing dreamy backing vocals into the fold.
A Very She & Him Christmas isn't about to change anybody’s world, and there’s little on here that will sway detractors of the pair. There are moments, inevitably, when it tips a little too wholeheartedly into schmaltz and sentiment (Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree is the most obvious culprit). The sensitive re-imaginings of Silver Bells, Little Saint Nick and Blue Christmas are a far better fit, and the call and response vocals of Baby, It’s Cold Outside are playful and lovely. There’s plenty to raise a smile over these 12 songs, and that’s no doubt exactly what She & Him intended from them.
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