The Sick Christmas EP, Andemic (Dallas Industrial)

Andemic is Andy Williams, once of Philadelphia and now of Los Angeles, and once vocalist of Lefty's Deceiver. This 2025 release is seven fairly lengthy songs, giving it the playing time of an LP, but we'll defer to the artist's judgment here. Overall, this is modern hard rock with some of the drone-ish components of industrial, but there's just enough pop sensibility to make this listenable to folks who don't normally seek this kind of music out. Two of the songs are covers, a thumping "Jingle Bells" with the carol's full set of lyrics, and a driving one-chord take on "I'll Be Home For Christmas." The rest are originals, kicking off with "Everyone's Always Sick Every Single Christmas," a clever observation set to a Morphine-like backing; "Wanamaker, Wanamaker," an ode to the defunct Philly department store's annual Christmas light show and organ recital; "Massapequa Park," celebrating the holiday outdoors; "War On Christmas" recalls the defeat of the Hessians on Christmas Day 1776; wrapping up with "(There's No Such Thing As) Christmas Cake," which notes that there's no one particular such pastry attached to the holiday. Check this out as a download or a stream.