Ben Folds – Sleigher (Indie Exclusive – Signed Copy – Green Vinyl)

1 Little Drummer Bolero

2 Sleepwalking Through Christmas

3 Me and Maurice

4 Christmas Time Rhyme

5 Waiting for Snow

6 We Could Have This (Feat Lindsey Kraft)

7 The Christmas Song

8 The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle

9 Xmas Aye Eye

10 You Don’t Have to Be a Santa Claus

Notes: ‘Christmas is constant,’ says Ben Folds. ‘Allowing you to take stock of what’s different, to understand who you are and all the ways you’ve grown and changed.’ That notion lies at the heart of Folds’ brilliantly titled new holiday collection, Sleigher. Built on an eclectic mix of originals and reimagined classics, the album examines thepassage of time through the lens of Christmas, reflecting on memory, loss, and longing as it explores the variety of ways the yuletide season marks the chapters of our lives. The songs are playful here, full of humor and cheer, but they’re also laced with an inescapable sense of melancholy, a looming darkness that always seems to hover around the periphery of those late December nights.