FINNEAS- Another Year

      It's still early december and there is probably plenty of christmas songs yet to drop. Out of the releases we have gotten so far the new FINNEAS track is hands down the best and I doubt that it's going to change in the coming weeks.

     At the core of it it's just a slow-paced piano ballad. It's a pretty overplayed formula when it comes to christmas songs but if anyone would be able to make it entertaining it's FINNEAS. With his work with Billie Eillish, as well as on his on material, he has proven that if anyone is able to pull off a stripped-back cut like Another Year it's him. Despite its simplicity, a lot of pieces must have fallen into place in order to make the track entertaining- it's catchy, piano melody is really sticky, production is detailed and most importantly, the lyrics are filled with memorable lines. Lyrically the idea isn't the most original, it's a christmas-themed love tune but FINNEAS brings a lot of emotion to the vocals, especially on the second verse where he wonders wheter there's a way for the relationship to last. My favorite moments though are all the cute and funny lines, especially "I don't believe that Jesus Christ was born to save me that's an awful lot of pressure for a baby".

     Another Year is a sweet, melancholic little song with plenty memorable lines and a solid vocal performance. I wish more people will get to hear it this december, sadly FINNEAS material doesn't get nearly as much recognision as his sister's. With each year it's harder and harder to make a christmas song without retracing all the other ones out there. Another Year was a nice suprise.

RATING: 8/10