“The Gift That Keeps Giving” is a song by Welsh band Super Furry Animals “conceived as a Christmas single” and eventually released as one on Christmas Day in 2007. It was also the final single to be released from their then most recent album Hey Venus!, their eighth overall.

Although all this time has passed, I have never got round to listening to the album. But “Gift” remains as my constant reminder of why I should one day, never mind the fact that the band’s whole discography is one of the most consistent by any group. I remember its music video being repeated again and again during the festive period on MTV2… it doesn’t quite match up to the tracks joyous message. But it still did its job of getting inside my head because of how warm and homely it sounded.

A track of a steady tempo with beautiful vocal harmonies and rich instrumentation, “The Gift That Keeps Giving” maintains a comfortable groove and infectious melody resulting in one of the band’s most mellow and yet enjoyable pieces of work.