KINGSWOOD are rounding off what has been a massive year of music for the band with their take on some Christmas classics in forthcoming album – A Kingswood Christmas.
Engaging a long lasting love for pioneering voices such as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole, the album is Kingswood’s tribute to the music that has soundtracked many a classic festive season.
The idea of creating a Christmas album is one that Kingswood have been ruminating on for some time. With a year as unpredictable as 2020 finally coming to an end though, it feels like the perfect time for Kingswood to release a record that is both fun, warming and hopeful.
12 Christmas favourites are brought to life on A Kingswood Christmas, including some inspired takes on ‘O Holy Night’, ‘I’ll Be Home For Christmas’ and ‘Silent Night’, with both Alex Laska and Fergus Linacre trading lead vocal duties throughout, beautifully complementing one another.
The band’s already proven versatility as musicians lends itself brilliantly to a Christmas album such as this, bringing together rich vocals and instrumentation in a way that provokes some great nostalgia while also demonstrating the band’s talent in a fresh way.
Profits from the sales of A Kingswood Christmas will be donated to Beyond Blue, an effort that holds special significance for the band. Realising that they have the opportunity to help others less fortunate, particularly as we head into the Christmas season, Kingswood have paired up with Beyond Blue to raise funds for their Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service.