PLAYLIST: The Fall - Mark E. Smith's Festive Favourites

If you're sick of hearing all the usual Christmas songs and you're looking for something a bit more unusual than Rewind Fast Forward's musical Advent Calendar (HERE), then this collection of songs may be just the thing for you. 

The Fall are a band I have been listening to for many years. 2018 saw the legendary post-punk group come to an end following the death of maverick leader Mark E. Smith. With a back catalogue spanning 1977 to 2017, it's inevitable that at some point The Fall would have come up with a song mentioning Christmas. It turns out that there are in fact quite a few... 

You can listen to these tracks in the playlist below. Bonus stuff includes MES reading a Christmas ghost story exclusively for BBC Collective, a mocked up Woolworths Xmas advert, and an interview...

So sit back, relax and enjoy Christmas with Mark E. Smith and his many helpers...

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