Just a Dirtbag Christmas EP, Wheatus (Sony)

Somehow I was distracted during the year 2000 and missed that this New York City band went huge with "Teenage Dirtbag." For that matter, I never noticed their existence at all despite the fact that they've persisted till now, or at least founder Brendan B. Brown did anyway. For 2023 they've repurposed their big hit into "Christmas Dirtbag," and it's pretty cool in its major-label-version of indie rock sort of way. The rest of the collection is three new originals, the hard-rocking "You Made Me Believe In Christmas," the poppy "Feels Like Christmas" featuring Gabrielle Sterbenz, and the ballad "Mean Christmas." Oh, and there's a new version of "Teenage Dirtbag" played by a string quartet. Download and streaming for now, don't know if there's any physical media version.