Christian Hardy
| Christian Hardy | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christian Hardy |
| Born | 7 June 1979 |
| Origin | Burton upon Trent, East Staffordshire, England |
| Genres | Indie |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Associated acts | The Leisure Society, The Climbers, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Christian Silva, Showaddywaddy, The Silent League |
Christian Hardy (born 7 June 1979) is a British singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He performs in The Leisure Society and is a member of Brighton's Willkommen Collective.
Christian produced The Leisure Society's debut album The Sleeper (released 30 March 2009) with Nick Hemming, a friend from Burton Upon Trent. The album entered the iTunes folk chart at number one and received lavish critical praise, going on to be named iTunes Singer/Songwriter album of 2009 and a Rough Trade Album of the Year. The album was picked out by Brian Eno as his favourite record from a new band, prompting a meeting with Hardy and Hemming at his London studio.
The first single from the album, "The Last of the Melting Snow", was released on 15 December 2008, receiving an Ivor Novello nomination for 'Best Song Musically & Lyrically' plus extensive radio play on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show.Marc Riley's BBC 6 Music show.Lauren Laverne's 6 Music show 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. The track has also been championed by Elbow frontman Guy Garvey who named it his favourite song of 2008. The second single by The Leisure Society is called 'A Matter of Time' and was released on 16 March 2009. Like the first single, it was voted 'Record of the Week' on Radcliffe & Maconie's show. The Leisure Society signed to UK label 'Full Time Hobby' in July 2009 and re-released 'The Sleeper' with bonus EP 'A Product of the Ego Drain' on 5 October 2009. The third single 'Save It For Someone Who Cares' was also nominated for the Ivor Novello in the same category as the previous year.
The band covered children's classic "Inchworm" from Hans Christian Andersen for American Laundromat Records charity CD Sing Me To Sleep – Indie Lullabies, released worldwide on 18 May 2010.
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