by Helen Arney & Paul Richards, with Martin Randle (released Dec 2010)

One family’s uncomfortably suburban December 25th, perfectly captured in 11 original songs. Stories of holiday disasters, endless games of Monopoly, traditional family arguments and an irrational fear of snowmen all conspire to make your Winterval sound wonderful.

If Alan Bennett and Victoria Wood wrote a Christmas album, it would sound something like this.

Wry, humorous, lyrically intelligent and unashamedly poignant ...