Emerging Fervour

If you’re a regular guest on this blog you might have noticed that I’m a huge Miserable Rich fan… to be honest: I’m addicted to their music. 12 Ways To Count still is one of my favorite records and when they released Of Flight And Fury a few months ago, I wasn’t able to listen to anything else for several weeks. If a song likeOliver, The Mouth Of The Wolf or Somerhill doesn’t knock you off your feet, I’d presume something is seriously wrong with you. No offence, just my personal opinion. And you may think something was seriously wrong with me when I had the chance to do an interview and decided not to ask a single question. But frontman and songwriter James de Malplaquet actually exceeded my expectations. I didn’t expect anything less.

“I felt Brighton was a perfect ending to a really interesting career.” Harold Budd

Ah, this must be from 2005, when the Buddster played his last concert before retiring at Brighton’s Dome. It’s always been a nice link that a man described as the Godfather of Ambient music has a surname synonymous with fine marijuana – of which there is plenty in our little seaside town. This quote makes me think he must have had a nice, er, trip to Brighton.

Alright, I can’t fight it, I’m in love with five guys. And no, I’m not a pervert. I just discovered The Miserable Rich. What the modern chamber quintet based in Brighton does, is so awesome, I can’t stop listening to it. Every song from the album 12 ways to count is overwhelming. The combination of cello, violin, double bass, acoustic guitar, chimes and James de Malplaquet’s voice is so full of purity and beauty that it’s driving me nuts.

The single Summerhill will be released on the 8th of March and the second album Of Flight and Fury will be released later this year. The Miserable Rich are touring Europe in March, April and May, so don’t you dare miss them.