Alone Aboard The Ark LP available on September 01 2017 from Amazon for 9.99
EAN bar code 5060246124040 ξ1 registered April 10 2016
Product category is Audio
Manufacturered by Full Time Hobby
Product weight is 0.7 lbs.
Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging Vinyl LP pressing. 2013 album from the double Ivor Novello nominees. Fittingly, Alone Aboard the Ark sees the band expanding their arcadian, Baroque pop sound with a more diverse array of sounds and inventive orchestration. Following a summer of rehearsals beside the River Ouse in Befordshire, The Leisure Society decamped to Konk Studios to begin recording the tracks that would become Alone Aboard the Ark. Having declared himself a fan of The Leisure Society, Kinks frontman Ray Davies (owner of Konk) originally sought out the band to help him arrange and record his new solo material, and also included the band in his curation of 2011's Meltdown Festival on the South Bank.
In an interview with For Folk’s Sake, British songwriter Nick Hemming had to say of his band the Leisure Society’s latest record, Alone Aboard the Ark (2013): “this one sounds pretty much perfect – or at least how I envisioned it.” It’s hard to argue with him; Alone Aboard the Ark is a fully realized album of fully realized, literate chamber pop, the perfect complement to a sunny summer afternoon. Which means you might have to wait a few mon..