The recipient of a stonking 9 out of 10 Hot Press review, the Reindeer Section-style project is the brainchild of BellX1’s Brain Crosby who strong-armed Lisa Hannigan, Josh Ritter, Nina Persson, Gary Lightbody, Gemma Hayes, Neil Hannon, Dave Geraghty, Paul Noonan, Ollie Cole, Rob Bochnik, Brian Crosby, Graham Hopkins, The Thrills, Ken Rice and Nick Seymour into either performing or writing a tune.
We’ll have the full unexpurgated story of how the Oxfam Ireland fundraiser came into being in our next issue, out on Thursday November 19.