LILY & MADELEINE - THINGS I'LL LATER LOSE

This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Made even more impressive by the fact that the melancholy vocals come from two sisters under the age of 18. Lily (16) and Madeleine (18) from Indianapolis only started putting their music onto YouTube last year, but were soon snapped up by Sufjan Stevens' label Asthmatic Kitty to make a full-length release of their forlorn folk pop. With a sorrowful outlook way beyond their years, it really is the stuff of dreams. Increeeeeeedibly sad dreams.

With Madeleine just starting college and Lily still in high school, these are two talented sisters with their feet firmly on the ground. For now.

Lily & Madeleine's self-titled debut album is released on 29th October. 

SUFJAN STEVENS - MR FROSTY MAN

If you wanna see Santa get disembowelled and a little kid lose everyone he loves then this, my friend, is the video for you.

Filling your The Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween/Yuletide hybrid void perfectly, here we have Sufjan Stevens and Lee Hardcastle's Mr Frosty Man.



One to pop on for the kids as they're unwrapping their presents then...