Hatcham Social
| Hatcham Social | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New Cross, London, England |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | WaKs Records PopGrooves Loog Records Vinyl Junkie (Japan) TBD Records (USA) MapleMusic Recordings (Canada) Fierce Panda |
| Associated acts |
Klaxons The Charlatans The Horrors The Chavs |
| Website | Hatcham Social's Official Website |
| Members | Finnigan Kidd Toby Kidd David Claxton |
| Past members | Dave Fineberg Jerome Watson Riley Difford |
Hatcham Social are an English indie pop band who first met and formed in New Cross, London in 2006 and who have since then released a string of singles on indie labels, followed by three studio albums. With the debut album they made headway in the mainstream media, with The Guardian describing them as 'irrestistible' and Tim Burgess (The Charlatans) calling them 'a wonderful pop group with the world's coolest drummer'.
The band are named partially after the Hatcham Liberal club on Queens Road, Peckham, and the Old English word 'Hatcham', meaning 'a clearing in the woods'. The Hatcham Liberal club was well known as 'Hatcham Social' around the time the band formed. The area in which it lies was, in previous times, known as Hatcham.
Their debut album You Dig The Tunnel, I'll Hide The Soil was released in March 2009 in the UK, followed by album no 2 "About Girls" in 2012. The third album "Cutting Up The Present Leaks Out The Future" was released on Ogenisis in Feb 2014 with Q saying ‘it's a thrilling dark night of the soul’ and awarding it 4 stars out of 5.
A fourth record 'The Birthday of the World' released with Crocodile Records is set for the 9th of October 2015.
Hatcham Social formed in New Cross in 2006 when David Fineberg met brothers Toby and Finnigan Kidd. Drummer Finnigan Kidd was still a member of Klaxons, but left in order to devote his time to Hatcham Social; they soon released their self-recorded debut 7" single "Dance as If..." on the indie label WaKs Records (Daniel Devine). After showing considerable interest and forming a friendship with the band, Faris Badwan of The Horrors (a former art student at Central Saint Martins) agreed to create the artwork for the band's second single, "How Soon Was Then?", released on PopGrooves (the label set up by David Fineberg); the artwork to the single was hand-printed on 200 limited edition 7" sleeves. The single gave the band their first national radio airplay on the BBC 6Music show Mint, hosted by Marc Riley, in January 2007.
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