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The Leisure Society is a band formed by Nick Hemming, formerly of early 1990s indie band She Talks To Angels, which included actor Paddy Considine, film director Shane Meadows and bassist Richard Eaton. Hemming wrote and performed music for the films ''A Room for Romeo Brass'' and ''Dead Man's Shoes''. He was also a member of The Telescopes. In 2006 Hemming moved to London to work with multi-instrumentalist and producer Christian Hardy; the pair have subsequently built a live band drawn from members of Brighton's Willkommen Collective and further afield, notably Mike Siddell who previously played violin with Hope of the States and The Miserable Rich and currently performs with Lightspeed Champion and Troubles. Other members of the band played with The Miserable Rich and currently play with Sons of Noel and Adrian and more. The Leisure Society have been recipients of considerable critical acclaim, being dubbed the English answer to popular U.S acts such as Grizzly Bear, Department of Eagles and Fleet Foxes. Their debut single, ''The Last Of The Melting Snow'', was honoured with a 2009 Ivor Novello nomination for Best Song Musically & Lyrically. In July 2009 the band signed with UK label Full Time Hobby, prompting the re-release of ''The Sleeper'' with a bonus EP entitled ''A Product Of The Ego Drain''. In September 2009 Brian Eno cited the band as "The only other thing I've been listening to lately with enthusiasm", calling it "Such a beautiful album". This prompted a meeting between Hemming, Hardy and Eno at Eno's London studio. The third single from ''The Sleeper'', "Save It For Someone Who Cares", was also nominated for the Ivor Novello in the same category as the previous year, making the band one of very few consecutive nominees. The band covered children's classic "Inchworm" from ''Hans Christian Andersen'' for American Laundromat Records charity CD ''Sing Me To Sleep - Indie Lullabies'', released in May 2010. Nick Hemming and Christian Hardy also play with childhood friend Tim West in The Climbers, whose debut album was released in May 2010. The band's second album ''Into The Murky Water'' was released in May 2011 and received glowing critical praise and gave the band their first chart position. The first single from the album, "This Phantom Life", was released with a video starring ''Green Wing'''s Mark Heap. In June 2011 the band were approached by Ray Davies to collaborate on his new songs, resulting in a performance as part of his Meltdown festival.

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