I don't know what I was expecting. I mean, a metal Poppy Christmas would have been interesting, but she gave us lo-fi and chill instead. At least it makes for something relaxing. (It's always interesting to see all that Ghostemane is capable of, as he produced most of this project.) My expectations aside, this EP doesn't really hold up. The project heavily relies on her voice due to the fact that the instrumentation does not help carry the load like her previous projects have. Her manufactured voice fights against nature as it struggles to be audible and smooth. The project does harken back to older Poppy eras as she teams up again with songwriter Simon Wilcox for her original songs. The lyrics are nothing mindblowing, but when were modern Christmas songs ever game-changing?
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