Slipping Into December

A waltz-time blues workout in a minor key, ‘Slipping Into December’ announces itself immediately with a call-and-response guitar figure so crisp and fast it dares you to keep up. At this tempo the shuffle never drags, and PCBender keeps the structure moving across its twelve sections without losing the groove that anchors it all. Think Robben Ford with the patience of a storyteller: technically dazzling, but the flash is always in service of feel.

Arriving at position twelve, the track follows ‘November I Never Remember’ carrying the same mid-tempo pulse, but where November leans nostalgic, December sharpens into something more driven and immediate. The call-and-response figure reintroduces forward momentum right when the album needs it most, clearing space before the closer ‘366’ can settle the year into its final, quieter reckoning. In a collection that has spent thirteen months cycling through tenderness, uplift, and emotional weight, December’s blues energy is a tonic, the sound of a year not quite done asserting itself before it lets go.