Roman Candle

Roman Candle is a slightly folky/country rock band from North Carolina.  My brother introduced me to them about a year ago, showing me their phenomenally good Christmas song.  This may actually be the best contemporary original Christmas song I have ever heard (with the possible exception of some of Sufjan Stevens' work).  The lead singer has an incredible voice which works really well with the backing instrumentation and percussion.  The lyrics are thoughtful and amusing.  If you like the sound of this particular song, you are likely to enjoy the rest of their work; they have a few EPs and couple of full length albums ("Tall Tree in the Ear" and "The Wee Hours Revue") on grooveshark and their bandcamp site.