From Christmas breakdowns at work to Mechanical Breakdown with DJ Sharlese, my Grinch-like track Christmas Trees jingled all the way onto KEXP this Saturday just gone, along with the excellently-named All I Want For Christmas Is Gainful Employment. If…

Christmas Trees was amongst the best festive songs of 2025 on Santapalooza's list! 🎅🏽

Also, here's a completely unrelated blog post about the font on a vintage Christmas light box, just because.

A festive fanks on Christmas Eve to Dubhed for their lovely write-up of Christmas Trees and the Neighbourhood, although I think they might be about to go deflate some decorations. Can't say I blame them. Peace on Earth and…

…but thankfully it's by this playlist from Fresh on the Net (which happens to include my song Christmas Trees). Perfect headphone listening for those frantic last few errands. 😬

It's late December and Christmas Trees has just been reviewed on NHAM. Give it a read. 🎄👀

Additionally, Santapalooza gave the track a shout out earlier in the month!

Quick shout out to our radio pals Rob at Synth City for playing Christmas Trees yesterday, as well as Switzerland's Radio X on The English Show. Give them both a listen if you're about to embark on a hellish trip…

The mood is right
The song is up
On Sunday night
And that's enough.

Well, between 3-4pm UK time when it gets dark, so virtually Sunday night. We're simply having a wonderful Christmas-sine, so make sure you tune in.

Christmas Trees now has a lyric video (also on PeerTube). Here you go.

Additionally, the electronic North Star of UK radio (north of the Isle of Wight anyway), Rob Harvey, has given the song a play on Synth City…

This is out today! For the tired of tinsel, the fed up of festive and the sick of Santas (adjust for your locale), it's Christmas Trees. Thanks to Christmas Underground too, who've been pretty quick off the mark with…

Firstly, Rob from Synth City has created one last opportunity for you to yell “…ARRAY!” along with your radio.

Secondly, Is It Too Late For Fan Clubs? was played earlier today on Mechanical Cities, curated by Sharlese, on KEXP…

Newsletter readers will already be in the know (see the bottom of the last mailout for details), but a track that was originally broadcast as part of the Dark Outisde's 10th anniversary is now up on the wider web for…

Maybe it should be renamed Dark Krampus instead of Dark Compass given the time of year, but it's always nice to see songs getting a play on the radio, in this case, the song is In Your Neighbourhood. 

On…

No, not the name of a forthcoming folk album (somewhat Mulligan and O'Hare in tone), but a little heads up that alongside ACR, Arab Strap, Black Honey and other goodies, I'll be on Andy Morrison's December show with a seasonal…

I haven't been feeling particularly festive, but thankfully Dandelion Radio have come to the rescue, with Andy Morrision's first seasonal show since 2015! You can hear my solemn synth switch-up of a Santa song on rotation daily here in the…

Sax-mad Santa has a message of free and jazzy tidings to deliver, thanks to the good folk at Stubby's House of Christmas. Toot toot.

Taken by Dublin-based photographer Shane Lynam, here’s a fitting image for the period between Christmas and New Year.  

Have a luminous one (and thank you).

Tasteful blowmolding. Borrowed from here.

“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” cover by CURXES, originally recorded for a Breaking More Waves festive compilation.

“Have yourself a merry little Christmas, it may be your last,
Next year we may all be living in the past...”…