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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 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 currently performs with The Miserable Rich, Lightspeed Champion and Troubles. Other members of the band play with The Miserable Rich, Sons of Noel and Adrian and more.

The Leisure Society have been recipients of considerable critical acclaim since the release of their first single, being dubbed the English answer to popular U.S acts such as Grizzly Bear, Department of Eagles and Fleet Foxes.

The band's debut single 'The Last Of The Melting Snow' has just been honoured with an Ivor Novello nomination for 'Best Song Musically & Lyrically'.

Their self-produced debut album ‘The Sleeper’ was released on 30th March 2009 on Willkommen Records. The album entered the folk iTunes chart at number one and received lavish critical praise.