Everybody’s favourite mischevious sea dweller is doing something extra special to celebrate the Yuletide season this month, with the launch of his debut single ‘A Call To Arms For Hippies’, released through Kind Canyon Records on Monday.

The track, which features contributions from a myriad of notable London nu-folk residents, is being released as a charity single in aid of MAP – Medical Aid for Palestinians.

You might remember that we featured Olly back here and here when his amusing antics first caught our eye. With the release of this debut single in aid of a brilliant cause and production credits which include Emmy The Great and Stars Of Sunday League, it looks like Olly might well be on the rise in 2010…

To celebrate the single’s release, Olly is throwing a launch party on next Monday 14th December (release day!) over at the Cross Kings in King’s Cross, and the rather fantastic looking show will feature, almong others, Tristram, Stars Of Sunday League and Lulu & The Lampshades.

If you fancy it, which you really ought to, there’s a Facebook event over here. It’s only £5 entry for all the great bands, and this money goes straight to the MAP charity.

Grab your copy of the single from iTunes on Monday, or bypass iTune’s cut and pre-order it over at www.eardepartment.com. Not sold yet? Check out the music video over here then.