I don't really know where to start with this album. It's Christmas, for sure! When Ashley Slater was challenged to write a Christmas album, he sat down and wrote ten songs in ten days and here we have it, in all it's vaguely jazzy glory. I say vaguely - it's a bit genre-defying with some very clear country thrown in the mix! A smattering of brass, oodles of highly skilled instrumentation and plenty of good humour makes a recipe for an album you'll want on repeat throughout December. The songs take you on a journey, ebbing and flowing between the surreal and the sublime. Slater comes across as a joker, lyrically clever with romance and emotion in all the right places. Listening through, these songs evoke images of deep white snow, colourful garlands and big families. Home Alone, basically. This album is the alternative soundtrack to Home Alone.