When Oklahoma retro-rock revivalist Jd McPherson decided to record his first-ever Christmas album, Socks, he asked himself one key question. “What do we exclude?” says McPherson. “What are the first things that most bands want to do when making a Christmas record and how do we not do those things?”
The resulting 11-track album of all original songs, out now via New West Records, stays true to McPherson’s list of exclusions: there are no jingle bells, no cover songs and no schmaltz. Instead, Socks overflows with vintage rock & roll tidings of comfort and joy,...
The resulting 11-track album of all original songs, out now via New West Records, stays true to McPherson’s list of exclusions: there are no jingle bells, no cover songs and no schmaltz. Instead, Socks overflows with vintage rock & roll tidings of comfort and joy,...
- 12/3/2018
- by Will Hodge
- Rollingstone.com
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