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
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:
"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
Hey Social Services!! Thought it was about time I told you that I'm addicted to your album at the moment. Hmmm, the crunchy harmonies of Garmoushka, and that kick ass melodica solo in Folkan ( and what is that really cool organ you are using?) ..... thank you for serving me, socially...
Hi, Just to let you know I will be playing your music Tuesday on my show on www.HGRNJ.org between 12 noon and 3 pm Eastern Time ( 5-8 pm England or 6-9 pm Central Europe Time). I hope you can tune in, if you miss the show you can Check out my Playlist link on my MySpace page and let me know what you think! cheers sher "Sher Delight"
<br />Sorry it's a bit spamtastic. <br /><br />We’re playing the Captains Rest in Glasgow with Leeds band 15 Stories and Glasgow’s very own Acrylic Iqon.<br /><br />Tickets are £5 and you can get them from Tickets Scotland.<br /><br />We'll be giving folk the chance to get their paws on an advanced copy of our début album 'The Lamps of Terrahead' on the night.<br /><br />Hope to see you there.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />el dog
An amazing supporting lineup, full Bombskare set then DJs till 3am. And the album will be onsale, of course... Tickets now available from Ripping Records (Edinburgh) and Tickets Scotland (Edinburgh/Glasgow). £7 in advance.
Hello friends! Just wanted to tell you that we've got a new song at our place. Come by and have a listen, would be very nice to hear your point of view! Love / Marcus
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