15 Alternative Christmas Songs That Will Still Make You Feel Festive
3. Blanket Of Leaves - Lanterns On The Lake
Okay, so this isnt technically a Christmas song, lyrically anyway. But the inclusion of the all-important sleigh bells and that wintry feel that the track possesses elevates its standing. Newcastle-based atmospheric maestros Lanterns On The Lake have made a burgeoning career out of creating heart-tugging imagery in every song they compose. This is no exception: imagine crunching through frost-bitten leaves and breathing clouds of icy chill and it should take you somewhere into the realms of festive loveliness.
Hazel Wildes elegiac, whispering vocal guides you through the landscape, and the ambient flourishes of violin bring it that all-important fire-glow warmth. One to listen to on a freezing winters morning prior to Christmas itself. You know, before all the drink-fuelled lunacy and sadistic family in-fighting kicks off. A calm before the storm type track.