{"id":31597,"date":"2017-12-02T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=31597"},"modified":"2017-12-04T14:00:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T14:00:13","slug":"essential-advent-calendar-hanson-say-finally-its-christmas-with-new-album-and-uk-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-hanson-say-finally-its-christmas-with-new-album-and-uk-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Advent Calendar: Hanson Say ‘Finally It’s Christmas’ With New Album And UK Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Currently on their ‘Middle Of Everywhere World Tour’ and on the back of their ‘Greatest Hits’ release, Hanson have just released their new Christmas album, ‘Finally It’s Christmas’ on 3CG Records\/S-Curve Records). The pop-rock trio will follow this with a number of special holiday concerts in Toronto, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, before heading to the UK where they’ll be performing at O2 Ritz Manchester.
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‘Finally It’s Christmas’ features four original tracks and eight updated classics, and brings back the trio with S-Curve President, Steve Greenberg, who originally signed them to Mercury Records back in 1996. Also on board is co-producer and writing Mark Hudson, who collaborated on the band’s 1997 Christmas release, ‘Snowed In’. Additionally, mixing on the title and select other tracks has been done by Tom Lord-Alge, known for his work with U2, Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, and The Wallflowers.<\/p>\n

The album opens with the title track, starting off with a record player scratchy sound leading into a nostalgia-laden song with a Beach Boys-style harmony. It’s the perfect start, setting the listener up for what lays ahead. The guys have released a great video to go with the song, which features “then” and “now” footage:<\/p>\n

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