A brooding cello, bell-like keys, and plaintive vocal grace “Joy to the World” on Future of Forestry’s Advent Christmas EP Vol. 2, but that is all backed first by electronic noise and beats before yielding to full, pulsating drums. It’s a tremendous arrangement that also brings in Francis Assisi’s “All Creatures of Our God and King” for spot-on blend with Isaac Watts’ “Joy to the World.”
Sounding a bit like Jon Foreman, Future of Forestry’s Eric Owyoung brings out both melancholic of “Do You Hear What I Hear?” before the song is crashed up by big guitar riffs to raise it to an electric middle before Owyoung’s vocal fades out the song. “Angels We Have Heard On High” keeps the brooding air, a pulled-back version that keeps an urgency through the percussion accompaniment.
Future of Forestry
Credential Recordings
