Last year, the Scottish rock outfit Brògeal delivered a robust debut album, Tuesday Paper Club, earning a spot on our Best New Artists of 2025 list. Now they return with a fresh holiday single. Titled “The Last Noel,” it features fellow Scottish singer-songwriter Rianne Downey. Expect festive touches like jingling bells and accordion; and a sense of melancholy. It has the feel of a modern classic, anchored by a strong storytelling angle about former lovers.
In a press note, the band described the track as:
“The Last Noel” arrives as a classic-style Scottish Christmas song. The narrative tracks a man and a woman who haven’t seen one another for a long while, with the question of whether either still loves the other—or even remains alive—left unresolved. Each year, as the nights grow colder and the town lights up for Christmas and memories are retrieved from the attic, memories of past affection surge back. It also carries a sharp sting of a breakup’s end, recalled in ‘The Last Noel.’ Ultimately, the song tells a timeless story of love, loss and nostalgia against the backdrop of the holidays.
Listen below.
