For Folk's Sake It's Christmas 2011 by The Leisure Society The Leisure Society squeezed the recording of this track – for our 2011 Christmas album – in between touring cathedrals with Laura Marling and their own European tour, pulling all-nighters…
With a new single out in January and a debut album on the horizon, we thought it was about time we caught up with Paul Thomas Saunders. Once very much a fixture of the Leeds scene, Saunders has moved to…
We are absolutely delighted to have a song from Oxford gents Stornoway on this year’s Christmas record. Gondwanaland is a beautifully wistful track about a chance encounter on an icy day. We spoke to Stornoway’s bass player Oli Steadman about…
High on the list of our favourite recent releases designed to be listened to while wearing a Christmas jumper is Emmy The Great and Tim Wheeler’s ‘This Is Christmas’. Like Santa on a deadline, it whizzes between twee fireside tunes…
Brian Wilson is the king of pathos, and his vocals on this song are perfect. You really believe the poor lad thinks his Christmas will be rubbish. Coupled with some Disney-esque strings, this is one of our favourite tracks from…
This cosy Christmas song by Leeds-based Ellen & the Escapades featured on For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2012.