HYPE: Vinyl Albums & a Full Holiday Music Album are Here!
Written by Darcy Ross on December 3, 2024
Hot on the bell-bedecked heels of our Winter’s Crest (A Holiday Album) EP, we’re thrilled to bring you the FULL album, available both in streaming/digital purchase formats and as two highly collectible vinyl editions! Featuring 11 festive tracks, this album is a journey of jubilee through all three Critical Role campaigns with our own takes on holiday classics as well as all-new tracks to ring in the holidays.
The vinyl albums feature all the lyrics gorgeously displayed on the inner sleeve, so you’ll be ready to croon and carol along in no time! The Deluxe Edition vinyl comes signed by each Critical Role cast member and contains exclusive extras including a variant cover, a vinyl sticker pack of cast member portraits framed in ornaments, a 5×7 postcard, and pack of festive polaroid-style photos.
Pre-order now at our shiny new home for Critical Role music, scanlanshorthaltmusic.com (currently only available in the US). Pre-orders also get immediate access to digital downloads of the tracks, and the albums will ship to you in Spring 2025! For streaming and digital purchase, go check it out on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, and almost every online music service you can think of!
Critical Role Presents: Winter’s Crest (A Holiday Album) features:
- “Winter’s Crest Welcome” – Matthew Mercer
- “Winter’s Crest Festival Time” – Matthew Mercer (as Pumat Sol)
- “Silent Mind”- Laura Bailey (as Imogen)
- “Naughty & Nice” – Sam Riegel (as Scanlan)
- “Nothin’ Under the Tree” – Taliesin Jaffe (as Ashton)
- “O Mighty Nein” – Liam O’Brien (as Caleb)
- “Twelve Days of Grogmas” – Travis Willingham (as Grog), Ashley Johnson (as Pike)
- “Cold Inside” – Marisha Ray (as Laudna), Laura Bailey (as Imogen Temult), Sam Riegel (as Fresh Cut Grass), Travis Willingham (as Chetney), Matt Mercer (Pâté)
- “Winter Anymore” – Ashley Johnson (as Yasha)
- “Deck the Bear” – Laura Bailey (as Vex’ahlia), Taliesin Jaffe (as Percival), Ashley Johnson (as Pike), Matthew Mercer (as Trinket), Liam O’Brien (as Vax’ildan), Marisha Ray (as Keyleth), Sam Riegel (as Scanlan), Travis Willingham (as Grog)
- “It’s Critmas!” – Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Matthew Mercer, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham
We would LOVE to see your covers, reactions, and duets on social media – be sure to tag Critical Role and use #CritmasCarols so we can share your musical joy!
Our own Sam Riegel led the charge as Creative Director, working with Peter Habib as executive producer. Each of the Critical Role cast members lend their dulcet tones to these tracks both as themselves and as characters they’ve played across all the Vox Machina, Mighty Nein, and Bells Hells campaigns. The delightful album cover art was designed by Nate Gonzalez and illustrated by Adelle Kincel.
Winter’s Crest is a beloved holiday of Tal’Dorei, commemorating the alliance of Tal’Dorei, Kraghammer, Syngorn, and the Ashari as they bested the terrible ice elemental Errevon the Rimelord. Winter’s Crest reminds us to celebrate community and life during the darkest days of the year. Whether you celebrate like those in Tal’Dorei (with colorful lights and streamers, feasts and games) or you have your own traditions to mark the end of the year, we hope these songs ring in a wondrous new year for you and your loved ones.
