{"id":71462,"date":"2021-09-24T09:04:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T08:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=71462"},"modified":"2021-09-24T09:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T08:12:45","slug":"premiere-peppermint-heaven-get-in-festive-mood-with-new-single-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/09\/premiere-peppermint-heaven-get-in-festive-mood-with-new-single-christmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiere: Peppermint Heaven Get In Festive Mood With New Single, &#8216;Christmas Day&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Yes it&#8217;s still September, and we&#8217;ve got Halloween ahead of us yet, but that&#8217;s not stopping Peppermint Heaven, who today release their new single, &#8216;Christmas Day&#8217;, via Megahit Records. The new track comes ahead of the release of eponymous album, which drops on October 29.<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of course, when <strong>Peppermint Heaven<\/strong> sing about &#8216;Christmas Day&#8217;, they&#8217;re not singing about the day itself, nor are they singing of Santa, snow, and presents &#8211; but rather it&#8217;s a metaphor about a better future than the life we&#8217;re living today. Whether that be about a time beyond Covid-19, or a greener future, is left up to the listener&#8217;s imagination, but what is certain is that their hope is for &#8220;A better time, a better place, where we can be face to face, and every day is like Christmas Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"71464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/09\/premiere-peppermint-heaven-get-in-festive-mood-with-new-single-christmas-day\/peppermint-heaven-christmas-day1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Peppermint-Heaven-Christmas-Day1.jpg?fit=732%2C743&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"732,743\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;lisa&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1632390988&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Peppermint Heaven Christmas Day1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Peppermint-Heaven-Christmas-Day1.jpg?fit=640%2C650&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71464\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Peppermint-Heaven-Christmas-Day1.jpg?resize=640%2C650&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Peppermint-Heaven-Christmas-Day1.jpg?w=732&amp;ssl=1 732w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Peppermint-Heaven-Christmas-Day1.jpg?resize=296%2C300&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Peppermint-Heaven-Christmas-Day1.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Peppermint-Heaven-Christmas-Day1.jpg?resize=400%2C406&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The LA based production and songwriting duo have long been favourites of us here at EP, with their sound one we refer to often in reviews of other synthwave artists. Quite frankly, <strong>Peppermint Heaven<\/strong> go from strength to strength with each release, and &#8216;Christmas Day&#8217; is no exception, the production values are as always top notch and slick, and while the track is nearly 3 and a half minutes long, the fast pace of the instrumentals makes it feel a lot shorter &#8211; giving the listener a teasing taste of <strong>Peppermint Heaven<\/strong>&#8216;s quality, and a reason to hit replay over and over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Christmas Day&#8217; is out today 24 September through Megahit Records. Stream &#8216;Christmas Day&#8217; on Spotify. You can find out more about <strong>Peppermint Heaven<\/strong> and their music online on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/peppermintheaven\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pepperminthvn?lang=en\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/Peppermintheaven\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u2018Christmas Day\u2019 below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Christmas Day\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/6oxPFhOpS6SioVAsxCNIMo?si=WRDmzqeAQOWJphM76SCBzA&#038;dl_branch=1&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes it&#8217;s still September, and we&#8217;ve got Halloween ahead of us yet, but that&#8217;s not stopping Peppermint Heaven, who today release their new single, &#8216;Christmas Day&#8217;, via Megahit Records. The new track comes ahead of the release of eponymous album, which drops on October 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":71463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21445,21446],"tags":[28018,11720,144,77,370,3951,1008,79,10677,10190],"class_list":["post-71462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-christmas-day","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-peppermint-heaven","tag-premiere","tag-single","tag-single-review","tag-synthwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-iAC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70103,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/06\/peppermint-heaven-can-be-your-star-in-release-today-we-premiere-their-exciting-new-track\/","url_meta":{"origin":71462,"position":0},"title":"Peppermint Heaven Can Be Your Star In Release Today: We Premiere Their Exciting New Track","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"25\/06\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Peppermint Heaven have today released their new single, 'I Can Be Your Star', and it's probably the most upbeat and joyful track to date from the LA based duo.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Releases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Releases","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-releases\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/D88F13E9-6E2A-4C97-A7D8-2CAFA0FBAA05.jpeg?fit=362%2C270&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":72139,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/10\/sweet-like-candy-peppermint-heaven-release-eponymous-new-album-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":71462,"position":1},"title":"Sweet Like Candy: Peppermint Heaven Release Eponymous New Album Today","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"29\/10\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Released through Megahit Records, 'Peppermint Heaven' is the much-awaited long player from the Los Angeles based duo of the same name.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Album Of The Week&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Album Of The Week","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/album-of-the-week\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/peppermint-heaven-new.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/peppermint-heaven-new.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/peppermint-heaven-new.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/peppermint-heaven-new.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63136,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/premiere-new-york-city-nights-by-peppermint-heaven-signals-launch-of-new-ep\/","url_meta":{"origin":71462,"position":2},"title":"Premiere: &#8216;New York City Nights&#8217; By Peppermint Heaven Signals Launch Of New EP","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"18\/06\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Peppermint Heaven return with their latest single, 'New York City Nights'. 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