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The festive Christmas single is an entity that died out a very long time ago and now every year the once esteemed Christmas number one has been predictably earned by the winner of the latest series of The X-Factor and I am sure that this year will be no exception. It’s almost essential now for a reality show singer to get the Christmas number one before hitting the downwards track into obscurity. Keeping this in mind Scottish dark indie rockers Glasvegas have latched an incredibly plan. Knowing that they’re not going to hit the Christmas single top spot they have decided on releasing a Christmas album entitled, A Snow Flake Fell (and it fell like a kiss).

Due to the extremely dark humoured and hypnotic nature of Glasvegas, this album was never going to be played at any your grandmother’s Christmas parties, this honour has and always will be reserved for the likes of Sir Cliff and forever may that tradition remain. Beginning pessimistically with the words “Christmas time is here again, it don’t seem so different when last year was filled with emptiness; all around directionless” in “Careful What You Wish For” A Snow Flake Fell gracefully falls into alternative songs about Christmas, which have a certain degree of nostalgia to them. Not necessarily getting anyone into the Christmas spirit but unquestionably showing off the anthemic and emotive sound of the band. With angst fuelled tracks such as “Fuck You, It’s Over” and the heartbreaking “Please Come Back Home” it is certainly the festive album for any disheartened teen who wants to sit alone with their headphones turned up to full blast on Christmas Day.

The album is excellent and is definitely the passionate yet poignant Glasvegas, which has been seen on their Gold self-titled debut album. It is available right now on the super exclusive special limited Christmas deluxe edition of Glasvegas coming in a great little display case with a very arty poster inside.

Not an album to get you in the festive mood, but certainly a short but sweet CD full of the usual great Glasvegas tunes.

Glasvegas will be headlining the Shockwaves NME award tour, with support from Florence and the Machine and White Lies, which will be kicking off on the 29^th of January at Liverpool Guild of Students.

Andy Clark