The nights are getting colder and the sounds are getting hotter.

While more sensible people probably would’ve spent the last few weeks planning their Christmas shopping lists and making solid plans for the new year, we’re a little less organised here so we instead spent it twiddling thumbs and listening to music.

Fortunately, that has a few more immediate outcomes for us. While the Christmas lot have to wait for the day to come, we can unveil this month’s hottest tracks, as selected by our thumb-twiddling experts.