It seems that every self-respecting indie band is throwing out a free Christmas song this year, and enter the fray with My Beerdrunk Soul Is Sadder Than A Hundred Dead Christmas Trees. That is actually the song with the longest title I have ever posted on this blog over the past four years.

I’m still mildly surprised by how much The Joy Formidable’s profile has risen over the past year. Which isn’t to slight them at all, but when I first heard them I would have tipped them to be a critically adored cult band, but that’s about it. Now with packed out festival slots, and sold out headlining tours, it looks as if they are growing well beyond that. I suspect now that we’re going to see even bigger things from them in 2010, although quite how far they can go still remains to be seen.