Album Of The Day: A Very She & Him Christmas by She & Him

Album Art of She And Him's A Very She And Him Christmas album - The bottom four fifths is a photo of a white man and white woman from the chest up wearing black suits and white-colored shirts beneath. They are in front of a red curtain and seem to be looking at something to the left of frame with some awe or surprise. The man has a bowtie and is wearing sunglasses. At the top in a golden white background it has written 'A Very She And Him Christmas', with the band name much larger and in green and red with a grey ampersand. In the top right, smaller items say 'A Holiday Recording' and the Merge Records logo is also there too.

Released 14 years ago this season, this is the first Christmas album from She & Him, the duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. Zooey Deschanel is most well-known as an actor, but is also a talented musician that plays piano and ukelele on some songs and does sing lead on most songs. M. Ward plays guitar and organ, produced the album, and sings on a few songs. The result is an album of Christmas standards that is well-made, not over-produced, and has a timeless quality to it. I'll admit that I probably need to do some research on modern Christmas classics because I was not familiar with the two tracks penned by Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) on this album, but they are good celebration of the American, secular Christmas spirit along with more well-known songs like "Sleigh Bells" and "I'll Be Home For Christmas". It's a fun, fairly recent recording of Christmas cheer from a talented duo of musicians.

Release Year: 2011
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