House Of Heroes - Presents The Christmas Classics EP

Artist: House Of Heroes

Album: Presents The Christmas Classics EP

Release Date: 11/10/09

Label: Gotee

This has been a big year for House Of Heroes. They've released their critically acclaimed The End is Not The End in stores (It was possibly last year's best of the year), as well as three EPs. This is their third EP, a Christmas one, which carries their style and holiday cheer to the fans. The cover of the hit Christmas single, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey, starts off the album on a high note. Their take on this is sort of like some of their more "love" songs from The End Is Not The End but with a bit of holiday flair thrown in for the ride. Following up is last year's more mellow single, "Silent Night", done in beautiful acoustics, soaring strings and slowly thumping drums. If the true meaning of Christmas was placed into one song, this would be it. "O Come O Come Emmanuel", another traditional Christmas song, starts off slower, but then breaks into more of the classic HoH sound. This is a great EP but is pretty short, leaving the listener for more. Let's just hope that someday House of Heroes will release a full length Christmas album!
Rating: 9/10 The EP is very short, but is, as the title suggests, made up of Christmas classics. A great way to end the year for House of Heroes!