Album Review: Seasonal Shift by Calexico

Christmas may not be quite the same this year but the timely return of the ever-reliable Calexico with an album of seasonal themed songs helps bring a sense of welcome familiarity to this year's somewhat muted festivities. The Tucson duo of Joey Burns and John Convertino have proved themselves to be the basis of one of the most consistent bands of the last twenty years and listening to Seasonal Shift, it quickly becomes apparent that it very much deserves to be conidered equally alongside the rest of the Calexico discography and not seen as a novelty or one-off. Opening track Hear The Bells manages to tick most Calexico boxes, being heartwarming, elegiac and uplifting.

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