This Christmas, the new single from Columbus quartet The Stepford Five, is probably the band's quietest moment yet captured on plastic. The polished big pop of The Stepford Five's previous recordings, and their hard-driving live sound, have been tempered to a mid-tempo lament for the holidays. This Christmas, written by Stepford guitarist Keith Jenkins, adds ethereal electric guitar fills to an acoustic guitar (and sleigh bells!) foundation, but the plaintive lyrics really get their blue-for-the-holidays pathos from Jason Dziak's haunting organ. Hey, even rockers get a little sad when they have to spend Christmas alone.
The holiday single is backed with live acoustic versions of Need to Know and Broken Skin, both originally from the band's terrific full-length Mesh.
The Stepford Five perform at the Limbs & Light Benefit tonight, December 14, at Little Brother's, with Jerkwater Jive, F** Bomb, The Hellbound Truckers and others.
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