Seán Griffin releases new single “I’m in Love for Christmas”

Seán Griffin has released his new single “I'm in Love for Christmas”, which is out now via Right Track Records distributed by Universal Music Operations.

The song is a prelude to Griffin's forthcoming solo album, due to arrive in March 2026. “I'm in Love for Christmas” was written two decades ago and it captures the moment that changed Griffin's life forever.

“I wrote this song in December of 2004, just after meeting my wife. I was scheduled to play live on WFUV’s Irish show that morning and ended up writing “I’m in Love for Christmas” about an hour before going on air. We’d only met that October, so it was our first Christmas together, full of hope, chaos, and magic. We were married the following April, and now, two decades and six kids later, the song feels even more special. It’s a little love letter to that first Christmas, and to every one we’ve shared since.”

The single is Griffin’s third release, following ‘People Are Mad’ and ‘Rocks Off', from a rich collection of songs recorded at Old Soul Studios in Catskill, New York, with Grammy Award–winning producer Kenny Siegel (Langhorne Slim, The New Pornographers, Low Cut Connie) and engineer Matthew Cullen (Sean Lennon, My Morning Jacket, Black Lips). The forthcoming album, mixed by Paul Kolderie and mastered by Greg Calbi, finds Griffin revisiting the melodic roots of his punk-infused past while embracing a mature, reflective sound shaped by life, love, and family.

Best known as the frontman for beloved Irish punk outfit The Ruffians, Griffin spent 25 years fronting the hard-touring band that shared stages with Shane MacGowan’s Popes, Black 47, Enter the Haggis, Gaelic Storm, and others. Born into a large family in Danbury, Connecticut, Griffin was steeped in Irish traditional music via his barbershop quartet-singer father and his accordionist/step-dancer mother. A fixture of the Northeast rock scene, he’s long balanced his Celtic influences with punk energy and melodic songcraft.