Father Christmas, Cary Brothers (Procrastination)

Brothers got his first national notice as one of the artists chosen for the soundtrack of "Garden State," the young adult sleeper hit written and directed by "Scrubs" star Zach Braff. The film became more famous for its soundtrack, which was curated by Braff himself. Brothers was a bit suspicious of the sudden interest in him and chose to take things slowly, going the indie route. Since then he's cut a couple of albums of rock-pop singer-songwriter type material. This 2009 holiday EP features his cover of the title classic by the Kinks, a bit poppier than the original, and he adds the original "Christmas Tree," an acoustic ballad about shining a holiday light on a distant lover. In between we hear his take on "O Holy Night," also downtempo.