It’s not that strange that I immediately took a liking of Christmas Fuller Project‘s  new EP Green & Lonely. After a quick look at their myspace site, I saw that the Arkansas band had listed bands such as Arcade Fire, Wilco, The Beatles and Death Cab For Cutie as major influences, and I have to tell you; those are practically all my favourite bands. That being said, it is not as if a band have to be good  just because they know their music history and likes great bands (such as myself, obviously). But Christmas Fuller Project is indeed a great band, a great indie band actually.

To me, their sound is what truly defines indie music. The band themselves says they sound like melodic pop music with a few wrinkles of experimentation, and I couldn’t agree more.

Green & Lonely consist of five tracks. The first track is called Referencing Frost, and it is the strongest track on the EP. I think it’s a song about loneliness, but it actually sounds quite cheerful. I mentioned that one of  Christmas Fuller Project‘s influence is Death Cab For Cutie, and I hate to say it, but sometimes the band sounds too much like Death Cab.. On the song Airports singer Brandon George sounds so much like Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab...) that I had to check if it really was George, not Gibbard singing. That being said, I recommend them anyway. I think it will do you good, walking outside in the autumn rain, listening to Christmas Fuller Project.  I think their music reflects true happiness, and that happiness is truly contagious.