23/06/2007 Lauren’s Farm Festival, Edinburgh
24/06/2007 Forrest Café, Edinburgh
25/06/2007 Tchai Ovna, Glasgow
07/08/2007 Paradiso festival, Teater Tur, Stockholm
22/07/2007 Oran Mor, Glasgow
23/07/2007 Bannermans, Edinburgh
27/07/2007 Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham
28/08/2007 The Louisiana, Bristol
29/08/2007 The Dublin Castle, London
28/09/2007 Private Party, Kinross
13/10/2007 Rygerfjord, Stockholm
10/11/2007 Playhouse Teatern, Stockholm
17/11/2007 Scen 393, Stockholm
29/11/2007 Klubb Republik@Hugos, Norrköping
30/11/2007 Svenska Musikklubben@Landet, Stockholm
05/12/2007 Swedish Showcase@Cafe String, Stockholm
06/12/2007 KGB, Stockholm
06/02/2008 Fight Club@Stampen, Stockholm
26/02/2008 Klubb Navarone@Musslan, Stockholm
03/03/2008 Stockholm City stage@T-Centralen, Stockholm
16/03/2008 Nada goes live@Nada, Stockholm
09/04/2008 Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
17/05/2008 Sigurdsgatan 25, Västerås
18/05/2008 Mosebacke, Stockholm
26/06/2008 Peace & Love festival, Borlänge
02/07/2008 Send in the Clowns@Babylon, Stockholm
10/07/2008 Lost Music@The Gramaphone, London
09/08/2008 Frizon festival, Örebro
20/02/2009 Pero loves@Teater Pero, Stockholm
23/02/2009 Live session on Marc Riley's show, BBC 6music
26/02/2009 Live session on Vic Galloway's show, BBC Radio 1
13/03/2009 Club Pluto, Gröndal, Stockholm
28/03/2009 Frizon releasefest, Stockholm
06/05/2009 Klubb din mamma@Linköping University
08/05/2009 Grammofon studios, Norrköping
09/05/2009 Private party, Norrköping
16/05/2009 Lokomotivet, Eskilstuna
24/06/2009 Gig i gården, Norrköping
31/07/2009 Island in the Sun Festival, Åland, Finland
06/08/2009 Stockholm Kulturfestival, Stockholm
08/08/2009 Frizon festival, Örebro
29/08/2009 The Captain's Rest, Glasgow
04/09/2009 King Tut's, Glasgow, supporting The Dodos
17/10/2009 Box, Glasgow
25/10/2009 Oxjam Festival@The Admiral, Glasgow
02/11/2009 Spangled Masquerade Ball@The Rio Cafe, Glasgow
The Social Services are two thirds Glaswegian and one third Swedish,
so that explains their combined love of nature and cholesterol. Their
nomadic lifestyle and frustration with the world around them inspire
them to write songs about war, death, consumerism, being an immigrant,
storage solutions, potatoes and swimming. They rant without being
shouty and they love it when everybody joins in on the sing-a-long
choruses.
Here's what some people out there have to say about TSS:
"Put you in mind of the best bits of The Divine Comedy, Camera Obscura and British Sea Power...playful but bittersweet. There’s even space for politics and even moments of sweeping melancholy that gives this album more depth than the rambunctious surface vibe might first suggest."
The List (4*)
"Sweetly comic, unexpectedly poignant"
The Skinny (4*)
"The Social Services’ full-length debut is one of the most fun things to happen to pop music in a long time."
Playground magazine
"Somehow they manage to find a golden path between dirty British realism and sugary Swedish pop (...) with sparkling texts and tight melodies."
www.dagensskiva.com
"Rich in wit and vocal harmonies (...) the strength is in the vocals, and The Social Services play to this strength well."
Clash magazine
"Their sound is very melodramatic with hints of drama and melancholy. The songs are very well thought out and come tightly wrapped with some rather fine melodies. There are even hints of the old music halls in how the songs are arranged and sung. Clever stuff."
www.indie-mp3.co.uk
"The Social Services are a promising up-and-coming indiepop band out of Stockholm - cute, not cloying, more bittersweet than sweet and overall, incredibly charming. Another thing I like about them is their outsider status and the way it comes through in their songs."
www.itsatrap.com
"The best thing I’ve heard all year (...) is the new song by The Social Services called 'Baltic Sea'."
www.swedesplease.net
"Bland cirkustoner och lekfulla ljud och folkmusikinslag kommer fina melodier och hjärtevärmande tyckatill-texter fram. 'The Baltic Sea' är alldeles, alldeles underbar, 'Seven Dwarves' är inte dum den heller."
Arbetarbladet magazine
"Når under huden med sina politiskt och socialt engagerade texter."
Trots Allt magazine
Yoyoyo socialen. Ahhh jo saknaden här i peking är stor den också kan jag ju meddela. Snoka kämpar för sin överlevnad, landstinget i Östergötland går med brakförlust och regnet slutar aldrig droppa. Det enda glädjeämnet under hösten var Vargarnas, högst oväntade, SM-silver. Det kan man leva på ett tag. Kommer ni hit nåt i jul/nyår. Vi ser fram emot att träffa er. Hur mår ELias? KRAMEN
hey services, sorry to leave so rudely almost as soon as you started. unfortunately we had to run to get the last train home. which is never fun. i thought it pertinent to commend you on a fantastic entrance and a lovely opening song. good work!
Hello! After many invitations to our gigs it's a big pleasure to invite you to the first night promoted by NATEMA: 'LOOP HOLE' and it'll be great to see all of our friends there! Apart from Natema's live act (myspace.com/natemalive) there will be two great DJs: Dj Wesley Razzy (myspace.com/wesleyrazzy) and Dj Roddy.
Hi there, thanks for your great comments. I really enjoyed your music, had planned to go to Sweden in summer but it never happened (have friends there from travel) We should all get together and have a jam. If you like stars, then you will love it when Mike sings vocals aswell, he couldnt make the recording, but we still play as a band when we can BECAUSE ITS MORE FUN ! (and sounds better I reckon : )) Hope to see you sometime soon!
Hi The Social Services Don't miss the opportunity to play at the world's biggest festival for upcoming bands! Play at the best and biggest venues in your country. Sign up your band today at www.emergenzabaltic.com Hope to see your band ON stage! All the best Emergenza Festival
Hallå! Thanks for letting me know about the gig tomorrow, not sure if I can make it, but I will deffo keep it in mind! I would really love to see you play live again! T'was great fun! :D Hope you're all doing magically well! xox J
It was lovely to meet you too! You guys were amazing!!! I'm affy glad I got to see you play. Hopefully I will catch one of your future gigs! Hope you're all well :) xoxox Jules
We just recently finished our EP and are so proud, all the hard work payed off! If you have a few minutes please give it a listen and tell us what you think :)
"Exciting, Striding and assured. It has an energy reminiscant of everything that was good about the Klaxons debut album.." - BBC Radio Bristol.
"The overall sound echoes that of Bloc Party but with greater conviction and sophistication. Go see them live if you can." - iTunes review.
It's also available to buy through our website and itunes if you really do like it.
POPSCENE with J*A*L*A*L Fridays at 18:00 hrs CET Radio Weser [Bremen/Germany] 92.50 FM [antenna] / 101.85 FM [cable]
::: POPSCENE Playlist 17.07.2009 :::
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We're at The Dublin Castle tomorrow night - then the Bang Bang Club in Berlin a week today! 16.07.09 The Dublin Castle, Camden 22.07.09 Bang Bang Club, Berlin 23.07.09 NBL, Leipzig 24.07.09 Mokum, Berlin 25.07.09 Hotel Hanneli, St Andreasberg
