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The Sleeper
The Sleeper
Studio album by The Leisure Society
Released	30 March 2009
Genre	Folk-pop
Length	38:53
Label	Willkommen
The Leisure Society chronology

The Sleeper is the first studio album by English indie folk band The Leisure Society.

Their self-produced debut album, The Sleeper was initially released on 30 March 2009 on Willkommen Records.^[1] It received lavish critical praise,^[2] being named a Rough Trade album of 2009.^[3]

The first single from the album, "The Last of the Melting Snow'", was released on 15 December 2008 and has received extensive radio play on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show,^[4] Marc Riley's BBC 6 Music show^[5] Lauren Laverne's 6 Music show^[6] and Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie's Radio 2 show, where they were voted 'Record of the Week' by listeners with a record 90% of the vote.^[7] Marc Riley also invited them to perform a live session for 6music on 15 December and Mark Radcliffe tipped the single as a candidate for a left field Christmas number one. Guy Garvey named the song his favourite of 2008 and has been a vocal supporter of The Leisure Society continually since then. "The Last of the Melting Snow" received a nomination in the Ivor Novello Awards 2009 for Best Song Musically/Lyrically, competing against Elbow and The Last Shadow Puppets. Hemming told The Times that he "spent New Year's Eve sitting on the floor with a bottle of vodka, writing 'The Last of the Melting Snow'" after breaking up with his girlfriend.^[8]

The second single from The Sleeper is entitled "A Matter of Time" and was released on 16 March. The band were invited to perform live sessions on both Radcliffe & Maconie (where the song was once again voted 'Record of The Week' by listeners) and Dermot O'Leary's Radio 2 shows.^{[citation needed]}

After having signed to Full Time Hobby, the band re-released The Sleeper with a bonus EP containing 8 additional recordings, comprising unreleased demos, B-sides and new recordings, including a cover of "Cars" by Gary Numan and a new single version of "Save It For Someone Who Cares". A session for Dermot O'Leary was recorded on 14 September 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Fighting Chance"	3:32
2.	"The Sleeper"	3:50
3.	"The Last of the Melting Snow"	3:33
4.	"A Short Weekend Begins with Longing"	3:17
5.	"We Were Wasted"	2:55
6.	"Save It for Someone Who Cares"	4:01
7.	"The Darkest Place I Know"	3:49
8.	"Are We Happy?"	2:54
9.	"Come to Your Senses"	2:31
10.	"A Matter of Time"	6:02
11.	"Love's Enormous Wings"	2:31