Tinsel and Lights

Tinsel and Lights is an album by British singer Tracey Thorn. The album was released on 29 October 2012 on Buzzin' Fly Records. The album is her fourth solo album and her first Christmas album. The album mostly avoids canonical Christmas songs but instead features covers of songs by Sufjan Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, Ron Sexsmith and The White Stripes as well as self-penned songs. Scritti Politti's Green Gartside features on a cover of Low's "Taking Down the Tree", as well as penning "Snow in Sun".