The Miserable Rich echo tales of debauchery, paranoia, and sweet nightmares like a travelling Dr. Parnassus-style band of misfits.
It is the sweet meeting the sinister; modern lyrics meeting a backdrop of country mystery, rather like Gogol Bordello meeting The Decemberists somewhere in Eastern Europe for a swap of campfire stories.
‘Miss The Days’ is the new album packed with these Ghostly Stories.
‘Laid Up In Lavender‘ could be a twisted Dr. Caligari nightmare, a ‘why don’t you do right‘ sexy bassline and demon piano being cast over by a shadow of moaning violin.
‘Tramps‘ lightens the load with it’s Peter, Bjorn and John Parisian folk before slithering into ‘Honesty‘ and into the beautiful hymn that is ‘Ringing The Changes‘, swirling like a timeless dancing ballerina.
‘On Certain Night‘ culminates these sounds and is perhaps the best choice for a first single, an upbeat but slightly sinister folk tale sang by the ringmaster of a twisted circus.
The most evocative track on this wickedly styled album is the painfully pretty ‘Under Glass‘, the classical guitar sounding almost harp-like. ‘She’s a good girl and she don’t ask‘ still hinting at that insidious undertone that The Miserable Rich do so well.
Already achieving plenty of national radio play from the likes of Huey Morgan and Steve Lamacq, The Miserable Rich set off for a tour of fantastically spooky venues in the UK from the 29th October starting with Westminster Library.
‘Miss The Days‘ was released on Halloween.
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post by TR Wicks
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TRACKS:
On A Certain Night by The Miserable Rich
