EODM Presents: A Boots Electric Christmas, Eagles of Death Metal (Universal)

This band has a pretty big following; unfortunately, they're best known for being the band on stage during a terrorist attack on the Bataclan arena in Paris back in 2015. Boots Electric is a side project of the band's Jesse Hughes, and for 2021 he's put together an EP of four classic carols and a cover of "Put a Little Love In Your Heart," now considered a holiday tune on the strength of it being featured in the Bill Murray move "Scrooged." None of this, however, has anything to do with the various rock styles EODM is known for; this is music you'd expect to hear at your local church's pops concert, mostly piano backed straight readings with a chorale behind the lead singer. (There are drums on "Little Drummer Boy," of course.) Other songs are "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and two versions of "O Holy Night," one with instrumental backing and the other with the instruments dropped out. It's hard to know if they're being ironic about this, but either way you should sample this before you decide whether it fits your holiday mixes.