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The Leisure Society play free show in Brighton followed by a Willkommen gig just five minutes away

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

At 6pm today The Leisure Society a performing a free set at the beautiful Resident Records, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Copies of the debut album will be available along with a free Willkommen Records sampler.

After that we’ll all be heading from Resident to The Albert up the road, where Willkommen Records are hosting Eric Chenaux (excellent folk innovator on Constellation Records) with Curly Hair (members of Laish Quartet playing lo-fi perfect pop) and Redwood Red (Cathy Cardin, female vocalist of Sons of Noel and Adrian, plays her solo material live for the first time).

Both shows are set to be fantastic, no tickets required for The Leisure Society, still some e-tickets available for Eric Chenaux here or buy at Resident or on the door.

The Leisure Society’s debut album The Sleeper: now available digitally

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

The eagerly awaited debut album is finally available from iTunesAmazon MP3, eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody etc.

The physical CD is in shops next Monday, 30th March – and what a beauty it is too.

The Leisure Society – A Matter of Time single released today

Monday, March 16th, 2009

The single is now available as a limited edition physical CD and a digital download. It includes two fantastic B-sides. If you missed their BBC Radio 2 session for Dermot O’Leary on saturday, you can listen again to The Leisure Society performing A Matter of Time as well as their fantastic cover of Gary Numan’s Cars on BBC iPlayer.

  1. A Matter of Time
  2. A Passing Thought
  3. Pancake Day

Available on iTunes here, some limited edition handmade copies still available below:


Price inc. P&P




The Leisure Society UK tour dates and tickets

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

All the gigs for The Leisure Society’s UK tour are now confirmed. Tickets are on sale and selling very quickly. The tour is in support of their debut album The Sleeper, released this month, and they will be playing lots of material from it along with a few surprises.

March 2009

25th: BRIGHTONResident Records instore –  FREE! | LAST.FM
26th: LONDONLuminaire –  TICKETS SELLING FAST! | LAST.FM
27th: BRISTOLLouisiana –  TICKETS | LAST.FM

April

3rd: MIDDLESBROUGHWestgarth Social Club –  TICKETS | LAST.FM
4th: LIVERPOOLSt. Bride’s Church – TICKETS from Probe Records, Slater St., Liverpool, 0151 708 8815 | LAST.FM
5th: LEEDSRoyal Park Cellars –  TICKETS | LAST.FM
9th: BIRMINGHAMThe Glee Club –  TICKETS SELLING FAST! | LAST.FM
10th: MANCHESTERThe Ruby Lounge –  TICKETS | LAST.FM
11th: GLASGOWThe Classic Grand –  TICKETS | LAST.FM
12th: NOTTINGHAMThe Bodega – TICKETS | LAST.FM

The Sleeper – the debut album from The Leisure Society – is now available for preorder

Friday, February 27th, 2009
The Sleeper

The Sleeper

The wait is over! Now you an preorder the fantastic debut album from The Leisure Societ from the Willkommen shop.

The CD album include the single “The Last of the Melting Snow” and ten other fantastic tracks. 

It’s priced at just £8.99 including P&P for UK customers.


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