March Hare

Time On My Hands

Men Of Affairs

Sad Road To The Sea

We Have Everything To Gain By Leaving

Belle Of The Ball

A Night At The Observatory

Hangover Square

His Last Bow

Dissolution Of The Railways

Sadness Of The Peaks

This Sporting Life began out of a dream to make ambitious, dramatic music; of great swooping productions and to touch upon something out of the ordinary whilst living ordinary lives. 

It became clear early on that we would have to do this independently on a next-to-nothing budget, which led album producer Andrew Small to try and make the most of their meagre resources including teaching himself how to arrange for This Sporting Life's virtual orchestra.

 We recorded in our homes and in rehearsal studios at various locations in London, bit-by-bit, piece-by-piece, using cheap home recording equipment, laptops, plug-ins and quantities of stress, lapsed deadlines, tardiness, overworking, bad luck and arguments. 

Now, after a year of writing and five years of recording we finally release our debut album. 

The songs are set over the grand imperial backdrop of strings and theremins, vintage synths and sleigh bells, bass and drums, multitrack vocals, even a Trautonium. They vividly touch upon 1930s Brighton, the Beeching Report, Amy Johnson, staring at the stars, tattered copies of Penguin Classics (orange, green AND blue), the mournful branchlines, the joy of the city and of the country, the tedious netherworld of the town, Edmund Hillary, taking the sad road to the sea and mixing cocktails for your friends, all in under 60 minutes. 

This Sporting Life

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