Of all of the current crop of bands who could be described as chamber pop, Brighton quintet The Miserable Rich stand out as that which embrace the concept most whole heartedly. While other bands use the chamber pop sound to add an extra dimension to their folky or indie backbone, The Miserable Rich are as pure as they come. Strip James De Malplaquet’s timbrous vocals from the mix and what you have here could easily form part of the soundtrack to a BBC period drama, so baroque is their sound.

Somerhill , a preposterously pretty song about hidden love , will be the first release from their forthcoming album, the follow up to the velvety 12 Ways To Count.

Somerhill, backed with Bye Bye Kitty will be released 8^th March on Humble Soul Records. The album Of Flight And Fury will follow on 31st March.

The band have also announced the following UK tour dates.

February

25^th Cellar, Oxford

26^th Folk House, Bristol

27^th With the Willkommen Orchestra, King’s Palace, London

March

2^nd Cluny, Newcastle

3^rd The Yorkshire House, Lancaster

4^th Glee Club, Birmingham

5^th The Black-E, Liverpool

6^th Red Rooms, Glossop

7^th The Deaf Institute, Manchester

The Miserable Rich MySpace is here.