Most of Advent is too early to start listening to Christmas carols. Getting the Christmas feels is all well and good — but not when you’re still weeks out from the actual event.

The Benedictine Monks of Clear Creek Abbey in Oklahoma have released a new album of Advent melodies that takes advantage of Apple’s new spatial audio feature.

Gregorian’s ‘Pure Chants II’ includes versions of Linda Ronstadt and Leonard Cohen songs, classical numbers, and Christmas carols, performed by the vocal choir with Frank Peterson’s ...