Hatcham Social

Hatcham Social
OriginNew Cross, London, England
Years active2006–present
LabelsWaKs Records
PopGrooves
Loog Records
Vinyl Junkie (Japan)
TBD Records (USA)
MapleMusic Recordings (Canada)
Fierce Panda
MembersFinnigan Kidd
Toby Kidd
James Maynard Fry
Rachel Kenedy
Joanna Curwood
Past membersDavid Claxton
Dave Fineberg
Jerome Watson
Riley Difford
WebsiteHatcham Social's Official Website

Hatcham Social are an English indie pop band. The group first met and formed in New Cross, London in 2006 and have since 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"[1] and Tim Burgess (The Charlatans) calling them "a wonderful pop group with the world's coolest drummer."

The band is named partially after the Hatcham Liberal club on Queens Road, Peckham,[2] and the Old English word 'Hatcham',[3] 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.[4][5][6]

Their debut album You Dig the Tunnel, I'll Hide the Soil was released in March 2009 in the UK, followed by the album About Girls in 2012. The third album Cutting Up the Present Leaks Out the Future was released on Ogenisis in February 2014 and their fourth and most recent album, The Birthday of the World, was released on Crocodile Records in 2015.

  1. ^ Maddy Costa (19 February 2008). "Hatcham Social, 100 Club, London | Music | The Guardian". The Guardian. Music.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Transpontine: Goodbye to the Hatcham?". Transpont.blogspot.com. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ "New Cross". 23 November 2007. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007.
  4. ^ "Social Prominence | Hatcham Social | London Tourdates Magazine | issue #007". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. ^ Artrocker Magazine, 1–17 August 2007, page 6 - band interview
  6. ^ Artrocker Magazine, Issue 76, March 2008, pages 26 - 29 - four-page article on the band