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The Leisure Society in Rough Trade’s albums of the year with free Willkommen bonus disc

Friday, November 20th, 2009

We’re very pleased to announce that The Leisure Society’s debut album The Sleeper is in Rough Trade’s top ten albums of 2009.

To celebrate, the Willkommen Collective re-recorded the whole album and Rough Trade are giving away this CD for free with copies of the new 2CD version of The Sleeper released by Full Time Hobby. Track listing is as follows:

1. A Fighting Chance (Kristin McClement)
2. The Sleeper (Laish Quartet)
3. The Last of the Melting Snow (Curly Hair)
4. A Short Weekend Begins With Longing (Christian Silva)
5. We Were Wasted (Kopek)
6. Save It For Someone Who Cares (Sons of Noel and Adrian)
7. The Darkest Place I Know (Shoreline)
8. Are We Happy? (Gambol)
9. Come To Your Senses (The Miserable Rich)
10. A Matter of Time (The Climbers)
11. Love’s Enormous Wings (Stray Airmail)
12. Bona Fide (Atlas Crease)

Free mp3s from Curly Hair and The Climbers

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

If you join the mailing list (see the bar to the right of this page) then you can get a free mp3 of ‘Blow The House Down’ by the wonderful Curly Hair.

Also the free mp3 from The Climbers is still available here. Thanks to Marc Riley for playing it on BBC 6 Music yesterday.

Curly Hair play the following dates supporting Malcolm Middleton (of Arab Strap):

24 Nov 2009 20:00
Bush Hall w/Malcom Middleton LONDON
25 Nov 2009 20:00
Hanbury Club w/Malcom Middleton – Arab Strap BRIGHTON
26 Nov 2009 20:00
Arts Center w/Malcom Middleton – Arab Strap NORWICH
28 Nov 2009 20:00
Phoenix Voodoo Lounge w/Malcom Middleton – Arab Strap EXETER
29 Nov 2009 20:00
Jericho w/Malcom Middleton – Arab Strap OXFORD
30 Nov 2009 20:00
Barfly w/Malcom Middleton – Arab Strap CARDIFF
1 Dec 2009 20:00
Junction 2 w/Malcom Middleton – Arab Strap CAMBRIDGE
7 Dec 2009 20:00
Cluny 2 w/Malcom Middleton – Arab Strap (TBC) NEWCASTLE
8 Dec 2009 20:00
The Basement w/Malcom Middleton – Arab Strap YORK
9 Dec 2009 20:00
Hop w/Malcom Middleton – Arab Strap WAKEFIELD

Following that the band play St. George’s Church with The Miserable Rich on 10th December for the Melting Vinyl Christmas party. Melting Vinyl are calling it “a three stage Jools holland style stage affair with Melodica Melody and Me, Curly Hair, The Miserable Rich on the ground floor stages  and Jo Burke + friends in the balcony, finally and a Santas Grotto provided by The Half Sisters all at the glorious St George’s Church.”

The Climbers on BBC 6music – free mp3

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Thanks very much to Jon Richardson for playing The Climbers on his 6music show. If you heard the song there and have come here looking for the free mp3 download of the song, you can find it here.

Sons of Noel and Adrian tour Ireland with Alessi’s Ark and O Emperor

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

We’re very pleased to announce that Sons of Noel and Adrian will be touring Ireland in January with Alessi’s Ark and O Emperor in association with our friends at the Word of Mouth Agency. The dates are as follows:

January 2010

13th: Cyprus Avenue, Cork (Last.fm event)
14th: Roisin Dubh, Galway (Last.fm event)
15th: Electric Avenue, Waterford (Last.fm event)
16th: Whelans, Dublin (Last.fm event)
17th: Dolans, Limerick (Last.fm event)

The three bands also play Hoxton Bar in London on January 27th (tickets here), with several more dates around the south to be announced shortly.

The Leisure Society video and Brighton in store performance

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

The Leisure Society have an amazing video for their latest single “Save It For Someone Who Cares”, you can watch it below:

The band also play at Resident Records, Kensington Gardens, Brighton, this Wednesday 14th October at 6pm before embarking on a European tour later this month:

24 Oct 2009 20:00
SWN Festival 2009 Cardiff, Wales
25 Oct 2009 15:00
Canterbury Festival @ Orange Street Music Club Canterbury, England
26 Oct 2009 20:00
Café de la Danse Paris, France
27 Oct 2009 20:00
Franzis Wetzlar, Germany
28 Oct 2009 20:00
Prinzenbar Hamburg, Germany
29 Oct 2009 20:00
Das bett Frankfurt, Germany
30 Oct 2009 20:00
Gleis 22 Munster, Germany
31 Oct 2009 20:00
Botanique Brussels, Belgium

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