It’s been such a strange year and in the spirit of togetherness and community, we’re going to be counting down to Christmas by sharing a selection of our – and our friends’ – favourite festive songs. Today, we’ve chosen ‘Christmas TV’ by Slow Club.

This beautiful song – from the duo’s brilliantly titled ‘Christmas, Thanks for Nothing’ EP – is pretty much top of any ‘alternative’ music fan’s tree. The band talk about how scars make you who you are and how watching Christmas TV can help make things better. We’re not sure how relevant that is with the modern, stale schedules but the heartfelt nature of the song still causes goosebumps…