Musical Group MO5AIC Releases New Holiday Album! Donate To Fave Charity!!

Forget the fruitcake, toss the tie and just say no to the nutcracker.  This holiday season, give the gift of music with MO5AIC’s new holiday album CHRISTMA5 SWEATER5. MO5AIC will have the album available for download to all on their website, www.MO5AIC.com beginning on Tuesday, Dec. 9.  In spirit of the holiday season the hit a cappella group is offering CHRISTMA5 SWEATER5 for free, but encourages all who download this album to donate to their favorite charity.  Links to download the new album will also be available on the group’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MO5IAC.

CHRISTMA5 SWEATER5 consists of traditional holiday favorites with the MO5AIC touch including “We Three Kings,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Silent Night,” “What Child Is This,” “Little Drummer Boy” and “Carol of the Bells.” MO5AIC fans will also appreciate the signature character only the group can bring through various “Sweaterludes” and their original take on “Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?”

“People might be asking, why did we choose this silly CHRISTMA5 SWEATER5 approach to our holiday album?,” says Josh Huslig, who founded MO5AIC in 2002.  “Well, for me personally, it was a perfect homage to holidays gone by, when I was a young boy, forced to wear all the latest and greatest “gift-sweaters” from relatives and church friends alike.  I mean, those sweaters sort of became synonymous with the holiday warm-fuzzies, eggnog and mistletoe make-out attempts.  And it's not until we look back at the ol' polaroids taken by grandma and grandpa that we truly realize just how special those sweaters really were.  I wanted to recreate that warm, awkward fuzzy once more.”

Hailed by icon Tony Bennett as “the best vocal group I’ve ever heard,” all-vocal group, MO5AIC consists of Josh Huslig, Heath Burgett, Jake Moulton, Corwyn Hodge and Roopak Ahuja. MO5AIC’s sound blends R&B, pop, rock, jazz, big band and Top 40 songs, all performed with a twist and suitable for all ages. The show will include audience interaction and will showcase the members’ endearing and entertaining camaraderie and humor.

Hailing from the tradition of a cappella music, MO5AIC performs with no instruments, using just their voices and microphones to create a full sound that frequently has audiences puzzling over where the band is MO5AIC was the winner of MTV’s Top Pop Group competition in 2008 and semi-finalists of NBC’s America’s Got Talent in 2009 and has since opened for Prince, Stevie Wonder, Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas and Jay Leno.

The result is vocally astounding performances, such as its rendition of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, that have audiences gobsmacked at what is coming out of their mouths. MO5AIC has also garnered accolades from many fellow performers including Boyz II Men who are currently headlining their own Las Vegas residency at The Mirage Hotel. The two groups first met in 2007 when MO5AIC won a nationwide search held by CBS’s The Early Show for “The Next Great A Cappella Group” judged by Boyz II Men. For additional information on MO5AIC, please visit www.MO5AIC.com.