It's Christmas time. There's no need to be afraid... But Fran Healy was worried. He was sat in his London flat, with the phone off the hook, the door locked, the telly off, his mum up in Glasgow, wondering why he wasn't coming home for the holidays, his girlfriend through in the kitchen, banging pots and pans in frustration. Across London, this scene was being repeated in the homes of Dougie Payne, Neil Primrose and Andy Dunlop.