09/11/2009

Synopsis

A hearty welcome back to Manchester once again to the Brighton band The Miserable Rich. They've got some cracking tunes which Marc plays and plays and plays then plays some more.

The Miserable Rich, whose name derives from an experience they had playing at the wedding of two ultra-rich aristocrats in Rome, grew from a 'bedroom electro-songwriter project'. Cellist/pianist William Calderbank and singer/percussionist James de Malplaquet formed their string quintet intending to 'produce quirky acoustic modern music'. The Miserable Rich's bar-room chamber music has been described as 'pop music that could soundtrack a nursery rhyme created by Tim Burton'.

Last year, following the reaction to both their cover of Hot Chip's 'Over and Over' and their debut singles 'Pisshead / Boat Song' and 'The Time That's Mine', their debut album "Twelve Ways To Count' was released and toured in Europe, to critical acclaim. The album, released in November in the UK, made many best of 2008 album lists, was album of the day on BBC 6Music, and was described as 'so heartbreakingly beautiful, it reduces anyone who hears it to a weeping mess' in the NME.
Having toured extensively in many countries, sometimes playing three shows a day in different cities - in headlines, festival slots, and major supports for the likes of Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - the band have honed their sound.

Alongside The Miserable Rich, the band are founder members of a wider movement called the Willkommen Collective, a group of Brighton-based bands who share various members, including The Leisure Society, Sons of Noel and Adrian and Shoreline.
The Miserable Rich release an ep of four covers on November 15th, prior to singles and a new album, 'Of Filght and Fury', due for release in Spring 2010.

Tracklist

1. Sonic Youth — Death Valley 69

2. Daniel Johnston — High Horse

3. Jesca Hoop — Four Dreams

4. Peel by Request

   1. Napalm Death — Death

5. The Wave Pictures — Strawberry Cables

6. Live Band

   1. The Miserable Rich — Somerhill

7. Peel By Behest

   1. Napalm Death — You Suffer

8. Mel Robbins — Bad Music For Bad People

9. Pavement — Range Life

10. Cate Le Bon — It's Not The End

11. Woody Guthrie — Vigilante Man

12. Live Band

    1. The Miserable Rich — Shades

13. Napalm Death — In Extremis

14. Peel by Request

    1. Alfie — Don't Be Blue

15. Ipso Facto — 6 3/4

16. Euros Childs — Shithausen

17. St. Vincent — Marrow

18. Can — I Want More

19. Racehorses — Man In My Mind

20. Live Band

    1. The Miserable Rich — Chestnut Sunday

21. Peel By Riley Behest

    1. Fairport Convention — Autopsy

22. Slaughter and The Dogs — Where Have All The Bootboys Gone

23. Pomegranates — Everybody Come Outside

24. Tap Tap — El Gusano

25. Peel by Request

    1. Napalm Death — Common Enemy

26. Jimmy Cliff — King Of Kings

27. Peel By Request

    1. Soft Machine — Clarence In Wonderland

28. Richard Hawley — Open Up Your Door

Broadcast

1. Mon 9 Nov 2009
   19:00
   BBC 6 Music