The Leisure Society - The Sleeper

Shane Meadows and actor Paddy Considine have long since jumped ship, but The Leisure Society don’t seem to have lost buoyancy.

Re-released with an Ivor Novello nomination and real record deal under their belts, this has all the hallmarks of a musical manifesto, like vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Nick Hemming has literally bled into the very make-up of the record. His delicate whimper falls short of cliché, resting just the right of twee; tender and sincere.

While not everyone is searching for ‘A Soundtrack To Haymaking’, the ramshackle nature of bonus eight-track EP ‘A Product Of The Ego Drain’ should charm the iciest of hearts.

6/10

Words by Anne Hollowday