Imperial Leisure

Imperial Leisure earned a reputation as a live act worth seeing by playing to crowds queuing outside gig venues and in the car park of Reading Festival, which is direct marketing so smart advertising agents should be stuffing inconspicuous wraps into the shirt pockets of this London-based ten piece.

Their debut single manages to capture some of their raucous live sound by simply allowing their demented mix of ska, hip-hop, techno and rock to blast off the record with no concern for coherency. It’s a horn-drenched, spirit-raising blast of fury that rocks like a nu rave Pogues.