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6 / 10 There’s something rather incongruous about Gruff Rhys turning his hand to a Christmas EP, like Damien Hirst proffering a simple sketch of a fruit bowl. Luckily, though, ‘Atheist Xmas’ avoids the dreary claptrap of other offenders. ‘At The End Of The Line’ recounts December 25 with a companion “diagnosed with manic depression”, while there’s little pulling of crackers in the nuclear-ravaged, Motown-tinged ‘Post-Apocalyptic Christmas’ as Gruff disconcertingly chirrups: “We lick our wounds to kill the hunger”. We’re guessing there’s no roast turkey round those parts, then…

Ben Hewitt

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Date/Time	Venue	Town/City	Seetickets	Viagogo
Jun 08, 2012 13:00	Crina Bottom Farm	Lancaster	Buy Gruff Rhys Tickets	Buy Gruff Rhys Tickets
Jul 05, 2012 20:00	Exeter Phoenix	Exeter	Buy Gruff Rhys Tickets from £10	Buy Gruff Rhys Tickets