Creeper's Christmas EP was announced on 1 December 2017, with the band's recording of The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" released on the same day.

Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl trading insults in the lyrics and the overall sad tone of the song always appealed to us – we've wanted to cover it for some time.

[3] In a 2022 interview with the NME, Gould suggested that he regretted recording the Christmas EP.

Talking about the potential release of new music, he stated: "We can't be one of those bands that chucks out a song a week, because you end up with a load of rubbish.

I know I've got some blemishes on there – I did do that Christmas record – but for the most part, I only want things on there that I'm proud of, rather than shit I threw out because nothing else was happening.