Nick Hemming

Nicholas Hemming (born 17 April 1973) is an English musician and guitarist. He was formerly of the early 1990s indie band She Talks To Angels, is a key musician in the Willkommen Collective, and is currently the lead singer for The Leisure Society. Hemming also plays banjo and mandolin with Sons of Noel and Adrian and with Shoreline.

Nick Hemming
Hemming performing with Shoreline at 2008's The Big Chill
Background information
Birth name	Nicholas Hemming
Born	(1973-04-17) 17 April 1973
Origin	Burton upon Trent, East Staffordshire, England
Genres	Indie
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1991–present
Associated acts	She Talks To Angels, The Telescopes, Unisex, The Leisure Society, Sons of Noel and Adrian, The Climbers

Hemming wrote and performed music for the films A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) and Dead Man's Shoes (2004).

He penned The Leisure Society's debut single "The Last Of The Melting Snow", receiving critical and public acclaim and extensive radio play on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show,[1] Marc Riley's BBC Radio 6 Music show,[2] Lauren Laverne's 6 Music show[3] and Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie's BBC Radio 2 show, where they were voted 'Record of the Week' by listeners, with a record 90% of the vote.[4] The track has also been championed by Elbow frontman Guy Garvey, who named it his favourite song of 2008.[5] The song was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award.

In 2010 Hemming was again nominated for an Ivor Novello Award - one of few people to receive consecutive nominations for Best Song Musically & Lyrically - for the Leisure Society's third single, "Save it For Someone Who Cares".

Hemming also plays with The Climbers, alongside The Leisure Society's Christian Hardy and their childhood friend Tim West, and co-wrote some songs on their debut album The Good Ship, released in May 2010.