The Miserable Rich - Pisshead/ Boatsong

TRACKLISTING:
7” (a) Pisshead (aa) Boat Song  STRICTLY LIMITED TO 300 COPIES
CD (1) Pisshead (2) Boat Song (Radio) (3) Boat Song (Full)

OVERVIEW: Pisshead/Boat Song is the debut double-A-side single from Brighton’s The Miserable Rich, an acoustic band with heavy hearts and big tunes. Designed as a bar-room chamber quintet, The Miserable Rich are Will Calderbank, Mike Siddell, Jim Briffet, Rhys Lovell and James De Malplaquet. Their remit to play new songs in a time-honoured fashion is exemplified in their haunting cover of Hot Chip’s Over And Over, which is currently doing the rounds on the blogs and receiving Radio 1 plays.

Part of an artistic group named The Wilkommen Collective, the band’s ranks include players with (and former members of) Hope Of The States, Kate Walsh, Clearlake and Shoreline. Using De Malplaquet’s Hove home as a hub, they have been recording together since 2007, and the beautiful music they make is soon to be released – this double A-side single precedes the band’s debut album, Twelve Ways To Count, in November.

The first track on this debut release, Pisshead, is an ode to alcoholism, blending tortured verse with happy/sad music and neat references to Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti western themes, including a whistled introduction and a gently twanging jew’s harp.
The next track, Boat Song, finds the band in a more late-night, reflective mood – it’s a lullaby written for De Malplaquet’s mother.
Signed to top new Manchester independent label Humble Soul, already home to fellow good souls Liz Green, Aidan Smith, Denis Jones and John Fairhurst.

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