Well this is not the song we meant to bring you. We’ve spent today trawling the internet for a recording of ‘If God Did Give Me The Choice’ by this same band. And while we’re pretty impressed by this cover…
Photo © Will Clayton Dear readers, It has come the day when our wonderful cyber-friend For Folk’s Sake, the music critique glue which brings us all closer together, celebrates its fifth birthday. Obviously such frivolous celebrations are unlikely to move…
Two of your humble FFS servants are off to End of the Road festival in Dorset today and we’re barely able to contain ourselves. The festival never misses a beat with its line-ups and we’ve been faithful attendees since we…
“I think we must be the most English band of all time,” says the Leisure Society’s Christian Hardy as he politely suggests some audience participation towards the end of their set at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Profusely thanking everybody for coming,…
The Leisure Society released their third album Alone Aboard the Ark at the beginning of this month. After a short stint in Europe, they’re about to complete their UK tour with a sold out show at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. FFS had a chat with songwriter and frontman Nick Hemming…
The Leisure Society’s songwriter Nick Hemming on his inspiration, the ‘lost decade’ and album number four.
Their debut was bittersweet indie pop at its finest and the second record was a masterpiece of lush orchestration. Now Alone Aboard the Ark – the third album from Londoners the Leisure Society – sees the band expand their sonic repertoire with…
The Leisure Society have revealed an online game to accompany their marvelous new single ‘Fight For Everyone’ (released this week). Based on the single’s animated video, the game asks you to protect a deer from some horrid foxes. FFS has already spent…
FFS favourites The Leisure Society release the first track from third album Alone Aboard the Ark today. Nick Hemming wrote ‘Fight for Everyone’ after getting into watching the Olympics this year. It’s a bit of a departure from the Leisure…
The Leisure Society’s third album Alone Aboard the Ark is due for release on April 1st on the excellent Full Time Hobby. The first single to be taken from it is ‘Fight For Everyone’, which will be hitting the shops on 25 March.