Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler Present . . .

This Is Christmas Infectious

Take a cultish UK singer- songwriter and the lead singer- songwriter of Ash. Hide them away in a snowbound English location, see them hit it off personally as well as creatively, and stand back to watch the sparks fly. The "Christmas Album" has had a gratuitously exploitative history in rock/pop music, yet Emmy and Tim have taken their cues from the best: Phil Spector. While your granny might be happy with Michael Bublé's feeble seasonal offerings, you can bet that even the sulkiest hipster will smile at what's on offer here. Yes, there are plenty of Christmas crackers, but the blending of archetypal sentiment with glorious pop tunes (notably on Christmas Moon, Sleigh Me,and Jesus the Reindeer) invest this particular offering with serious credibility. In a short Christmas sentence?

A gift. See infectiousmusicuk. com

Download tracks: Christmas Moon, Christmas Day (I Wish I Was Surfing), Sleigh Me, Jesus the Reindeer