The Leisure Society are heading back out on the road in September, promoting their new album Arrivals & Departures.
The tour visits The Stables in Milton Keynes on September 24.
In 2016, the band was derailed by the break-up of Nick and long-term partner, flautist Helen Whitaker, during the promotion of the band’s previous LP, The Fine Art of Hanging On.
Nick and Helen went through a long process of separation, ultimately resulting in Nick moving out of their Brighton home.
Retreating to their roots, Nick and Christian left the UK to tour Europe as a duo, then another three weeks touring Italy with violinist Mike Siddell in tow. New songs emerged throughout this period and developed in intimate venues, hotel rooms and moonlit courtyards.
In 2017, the band’s album delivery deadline loomed, but rather than rush out a new record, they decided to dedicate another 12 months perfecting it in studios and rented houses across the UK and France.
Arrivals & Departures is their most ambitious and diverse record to date, charting the journey from heartbreak, to anger, to hope, in 57 lavish minutes.
Released in April, the album was recorded in rented and borrowed houses in the Peak District, the Cotswolds and a medieval mansion in Richelieu, France.
The band also snuck into Union Chapel in Islington late at night to capture strings and choral sections for the record.
Brian Eno has declared himself a fan, and the band have been nominated for two Ivor Novello awards. They also provided the decisive musical ending to Paddy Considine’s BAFTA winning directorial debut Tyrannosaur, and were invited to perform live with The Heritage Orchestra at a sold out Barbican.
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