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The Leisure Society Is A British Folk-Pop Band Formed In Brighton In 2009 By Nick Hemming. Their Debut Single "The Last Of The Melting Snow" Was Honoured With A 2009 Ivor Novello Nomination For Best Song Musically & Lyrically. Their Single "Save It For Someone Who Cares" Was Also Nominated For The Ivor Novello In The Same Category In 2010 Making The Band One Of Very Few Consecutive Nominees. The Band Released Their Album Alone Aboard The Ark In 2013 Through Full Time Hobby. The Album Is Being Supported By An Eleven Date Tour Of The UK Commencing On April 12 At The Kazimier In Liverpool And Ending On April 25 At London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. The New LP - Recorded At Kinks Frontman Ray Davies‘ Konk Studios - Is The Follow Up To 2011’s Lauded Into The Murky Water Which The Band Toured In Ever Distinctive Fashion Including A Date At The London Barbican Backed By The 40-Piece Heritage Orchestra. Fittingly Alone Aboard The Ark Sees The Band Expanding Their Arcadian Baroque Pop Sound With A More Diverse Array Of Sounds And Inventive Orchestration. Following A Summer Of Rehearsals Beside The River Ouse In Befordshire The Leisure Society Decamped To Konk Studios To Begin Recording The Tracks That Would Become Alone Aboard The Ark. Having Declared Himself A Fan Of The Leisure Society Kinks Frontman Ray Davies Owner Of Konk Originally Sought Out The Band To Help Him Arrange And Record His New Solo Material And Also Included The Band In His Curation Of 2011’s Meltdown Festival On The South Bank. The Genesis Of The Leisure Society Spans Back To The Friendship Made By Nick Hemming And Christian Hardy In Their Hometown Of Burton On Trent. When The Pair Relocated To London They Fell In With The Brighton-Based Wilkommen Collective And With Helen Whitaker Mike Siddell And Sebastian Hankins Came To Form The Leisure Society. The Single 'The Last Of The Melting Snow' From Their Debut LP The Sleeper Was Nonimated For A 2009 Ivor Novello Alongside Heavyweights Such As Elbow & The Last Shadow Puppets And The Band Joined An Incredibly Select Group When A Year Later 'Save It For Someone Who Cares' Was Also Nominated For An Ivor. Lyrically Alone Aboard The Ark Is An Album Informed By A Palette As Eclectic As It's Musical Flesh. Album Standout 'The Sober Scent Of Paper' Is A Hair-Raising Elegiac Waltz Informed Somewhat Unconsciously By The Demise Of Sylvia Plath 'When I Began Writing‘ Says Nick 'I Didn’t Know What It Was Going To Be About. For Some Reason The First Line 'Chains Dredge The Great Lake Around You / Pull You Along By The Knots In Your Hair‘ Made Me Think Of Her. I Guess It’s Quite A Dark Desolate Image‘. Yet There's Light To This Shade With 'Tearing The Arches Down' Marrying A Wryly Observed Narrative 'The Boy With The Bloodshot Eyes / A Legend In Your Lunchtime' To An Ebullient Chant. Over The Summer Nick’s 8 Hours A Day Olympic TV Habit Manifested Inself In 'Fight For Everyone‘ Which Whilst Celebrating British Success Also Considers Those Who Also 'had This Spine-Tingling Roar Of Support But Could Only Ever Be An Also-Ran'. The Track Also Marks The Leisure Society’s First Foray Into Synths Utilising As It Does Six Different Vintage Synth Lines Layered Up By Helen And Christian. Having Recorded Both The Sleeper And 2011's Follow-Up Into The Murky Water In Home Studios The Range Of Technology Both Old And New At The Band's Disposal At Konk Proved To Be The Perfect Foil For The Leisure Society's Ambitious Designs. Alone Aboard The Ark Was Recorded On A 2“ Tape Machine And A 1970s Mixing Desk And The Value Of Recording Live Coupled With The Band's Minimal Approach To Arrangement Is Borne Out Across The Album. Nick Etwell’s Trumpeter To Mumford & Sons Brass Lines Permeate 'One Man And His Fug' Whilst The Electric Guitar Lines Heard On 'The Last In A Long Line' Were The Product Of Christian And Mike‘s Two Gretches Recorded Playing At Opposite Ends Of The Studio. Even The Piano Part For 'We Go Together' Underwent A Nocturnal Reinvention When Christian Had 'a Moment Of Inspiration Whilst Deeply Drunk At Midnight Listening To The Playback'. Ask The Band What Makes Them Most Proud Of Alone Aboard The Ark Though And The Answer Is Likely To Be 'a Gang Mentality'. Say Christian And Nick 'There’s No Question That This Is 'the One' In Terms Of Us Five Working Together To Create Something. As A Result Of The Camaraderie And Everyone Having Their Say We’re All At Our Absolute Peak On This Album'.
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The Leisure Society Is A British Folk-Pop Band Formed In Brighton In 2009 By Nick Hemming. Their Debut Single "The Last Of The Melting Snow" Was Honoured With A 2009 Ivor Novello Nomination For Best Song Musically & Lyrically. Their Single "Save It For Someone Who Cares" Was Also Nominated For The Ivor Novello In The Same Category In 2010 Making The Band One Of Very Few Consecutive Nominees. The Band Released Their Album Alone Aboard The Ark In 2013 Through Full Time Hobby. The Album Is Being Supported By An Eleven Date Tour Of The UK Commencing On April 12 At The Kazimier In Liverpool And Ending On April 25 At London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. The New LP - Recorded At Kinks Frontman Ray Davies‘ Konk Studios - Is The Follow Up To 2011’s Lauded Into The Murky Water Which The Band Toured In Ever Distinctive Fashion Including A Date At The London Barbican Backed By The 40-Piece Heritage Orchestra. Fittingly Alone Aboard The Ark Sees The Band Expanding Their Arcadian Baroque Pop Sound With A More Diverse Array Of Sounds And Inventive Orchestration. Following A Summer Of Rehearsals Beside The River Ouse In Befordshire The Leisure Society Decamped To Konk Studios To Begin Recording The Tracks That Would Become Alone Aboard The Ark. Having Declared Himself A Fan Of The Leisure Society Kinks Frontman Ray Davies Owner Of Konk Originally Sought Out The Band To Help Him Arrange And Record His New Solo Material And Also Included The Band In His Curation Of 2011’s Meltdown Festival On The South Bank. The Genesis Of The Leisure Society Spans Back To The Friendship Made By Nick Hemming And Christian Hardy In Their Hometown Of Burton On Trent. When The Pair Relocated To London They Fell In With The Brighton-Based Wilkommen Collective And With Helen Whitaker Mike Siddell And Sebastian Hankins Came To Form The Leisure Society. The Single 'The Last Of The Melting Snow' From Their Debut LP The Sleeper Was Nonimated For A 2009 Ivor Novello Alongside Heavyweights Such As Elbow & The Last Shadow Puppets And The Band Joined An Incredibly Select Group When A Year Later 'Save It For Someone Who Cares' Was Also Nominated For An Ivor. Lyrically Alone Aboard The Ark Is An Album Informed By A Palette As Eclectic As It's Musical Flesh. Album Standout 'The Sober Scent Of Paper' Is A Hair-Raising Elegiac Waltz Informed Somewhat Unconsciously By The Demise Of Sylvia Plath 'When I Began Writing‘ Says Nick 'I Didn’t Know What It Was Going To Be About. For Some Reason The First Line 'Chains Dredge The Great Lake Around You / Pull You Along By The Knots In Your Hair‘ Made Me Think Of Her. I Guess It’s Quite A Dark Desolate Image‘. Yet There's Light To This Shade With 'Tearing The Arches Down' Marrying A Wryly Observed Narrative 'The Boy With The Bloodshot Eyes / A Legend In Your Lunchtime' To An Ebullient Chant. Over The Summer Nick’s 8 Hours A Day Olympic TV Habit Manifested Inself In 'Fight For Everyone‘ Which Whilst Celebrating British Success Also Considers Those Who Also 'had This Spine-Tingling Roar Of Support But Could Only Ever Be An Also-Ran'. The Track Also Marks The Leisure Society’s First Foray Into Synths Utilising As It Does Six Different Vintage Synth Lines Layered Up By Helen And Christian. Having Recorded Both The Sleeper And 2011's Follow-Up Into The Murky Water In Home Studios The Range Of Technology Both Old And New At The Band's Disposal At Konk Proved To Be The Perfect Foil For The Leisure Society's Ambitious Designs. Alone Aboard The Ark Was Recorded On A 2“ Tape Machine And A 1970s Mixing Desk And The Value Of Recording Live Coupled With The Band's Minimal Approach To Arrangement Is Borne Out Across The Album. Nick Etwell’s Trumpeter To Mumford & Sons Brass Lines Permeate 'One Man And His Fug' Whilst The Electric Guitar Lines Heard On 'The Last In A Long Line' Were The Product Of Christian And Mike‘s Two Gretches Recorded Playing At Opposite Ends Of The Studio. Even The Piano Part For 'We Go Together' Underwent A Nocturnal Reinvention When Christian Had 'a Moment Of Inspiration Whilst Deeply Drunk At Midnight Listening To The Playback'. Ask The Band What Makes Them Most Proud Of Alone Aboard The Ark Though And The Answer Is Likely To Be 'a Gang Mentality'. Say Christian And Nick 'There’s No Question That This Is 'the One' In Terms Of Us Five Working Together To Create Something. As A Result Of The Camaraderie And Everyone Having Their Say We’re All At Our Absolute Peak On This Album'.
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