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Hitting cyberspace on winter solstice, the video accompanies the recording of the song which was released Dec. 17 SA国际影视传媒� DrennanSA国际影视传媒檚 birthday.

While the song is only now coming to light, Drennan actually wrote it six years ago, for the 2016 Christmas Coffee House.

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SA国际影视传媒淚 took it out of the file and things came together.

Taking the original song and reworking it, Drennan reached out to Bell Rock Recording in Fort Smith.

After assembling a crack team of Joey Roy on drums, Ryley Blake on bass, Marie Villebrun MacDonald on backing vocals and Juno award winner Jim Black on guitar, the song had the professional quality it needed for DrennanSA国际影视传媒檚 taste. But it still needed that holiday chime.

Ultimately, the solution was obvious.

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After three long years of the pandemic and the restrictions that went with it, Drennan said the project gave him a chance to cut loose.

Much of the focus of the tune is letting go and allowing life to just be.

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With a holiday single under the tree, Drennan is back to work on his upcoming E.P. He expects to have another single and video out somewhere around February, then onward to releasing the full album by April to May.

He expressed his thanks to the team who helped him with the song and wished all a happy holiday.

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