From their humble beginnings in London as party band born out of school friendships, Imperial Leisure go from strength to strength, forever evolving their style but sticking true to their reputation for delivering fun and high energy live performances. Taking influences from all around, the music is a fun-loving throwback to the ska-2-tone era combined with more recent punkrock-hiphop sounds.
2018 sees the ten year anniversary of the release of The Art Of Saying Nothing, the debut album from UK ska embracing punksters Imperial Leisure.
The band is celebrating the milestone of its acclaimed release with a special new deluxe edition featuring the original album together with bonus tracks and new mixes.
Stepping forward in 2008, the core sextet of Denis Smith (vocals), Scott Vining (drums), Ben Bridges (guitar), Jack Emmings (bass), Richard Cox (keys) and Rob O’Neale (trumpet) has established themselves as one dynamic and energetically irresistible live proposition on the UK music scene. With its current line-up completed by trombonists Steph Faulkner (Mad Apple Circus) and Russell Spencer (Ghouls) and trumpeters Ken Brown (Shanty), Dave Medland (Dub Pistols) and Elliot Phelps (Cut Capers / The King Blues / Lux Lisbon) on stage, Imperial Leisure has feverishly played and toured around the UK and into Europe, recently coming off a tour with Hot 8 Brass Band.
Musically they draw on inspirations ranging from The Specials, Roots Manuva, Less Than Jake, and Youngblood Brass Band to Rage Against the Machine and The Streets. As that list suggests, their music is a bold and adventurous affair, never predictable as evidenced by their trio of well-received albums.
They are persistently tagged as ska punks but whilst firmly embracing both styles, Imperial Leisure have many other flavours open to their enterprise.
Albums 2008 - The Art of Saying Nothing 2012 - Death to the One Trick Pony 2015 - Lifestyle Brand
“...tracks that will have you dancing like a lunatic...” purerawk
links to imperial leisure
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/imperialleisure/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ilband
MUSICGLUE: https://www.musicglue.com/imperial-leisure
WEBSITE: http://imperial-leisure.co.uk
TOUR DATES
August 24th - Stroud Fringe Weekender
August 25th and 26th - Vale Earth Weekender
September 14th - Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival
UK HEADLINE TOUR
October 4th - The Star Inn, Guildford October 5th - o2 Academy, Oxford
October 6th - o2 Academy, London
October 7th - The Junction, Ashford
October 11th - Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow
October 12th - o2 Academy, Birmingham
October 13th - o2 Academy, Newcastle
October 14th - Hifi Club, Leeds
October 19th - The Cavern, Exeter
October 20th - The Railway Inn, Winchester
October 26th - The Frog and Fiddle, Cheltenham
October 27th - The Salty Dog - Northwich
November 2nd - Redrum, Stafford
November 9th - The Exchange, Bristol