The Misers - Amplified Life Stories (2009) {Sonny Jim}
The Misers - Amplified Life Stories (2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Artwork (600dpi, png) | 397 mb | MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 229 mb
Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop | Label: Sonny Jim Records - SONNYJIM001
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Artwork (600dpi, png) | 397 mb | MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 229 mb
Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop | Label: Sonny Jim Records - SONNYJIM001
The debut album by The Misers 'Amplified Life Stories' from 2009 on Sonny Jim Records. While this group was well known in the UK, it seems that they never have gotten much airplay or exposure in the States or, for that matter, anywhere else in the world.
The Misers - Amplified Life Stories (2009) {Sonny Jim}
Influenced by the rawness of early CCR records and the intimate storytelling of Ian Hunter, they are fast becoming one of the UK's most talked about and sought after new artists, building the buzz the old-fashioned way with word-of-mouth endorsements of their live shows. - Blurbs from promo sticker on front cover
Although comparisons don't always work and can often be misleading and therefore dangerous, I feel that I must put Bromyard's The Misers into some sort of genre-oriented pigeonhole just so that you get where they're coming from. Ok, think bright and jaunty Eagles. Then think gritty and realistic Springsteen. Next think Ryan Adams. Right, The Misers remind me of something that sits astride the first two and ends up closer to the last - get it? Think Ryan Adams and you won't be too far away from what The Misers are doing. They can't be bad then eh? The new recording finds The Misers in a process of re-birth from an earlier incarnation as Neil Ivison & The Misers; The Misers is a stripped down, more pertinent and definitely more focussed combo built around Neil Ivison (vocals and guitar) and Adam Barry (Hammond, Rhodes and backing vocals). Their new album is a collection of 10 classy and very workmanlike songs. Fairly simplistic on the whole, 'Amplified Life Stories' demonstrates how good music can be made without the need for over-embellishment and/or too much studio jiggery-pokery. This is pretty-much as real as it gets and The Misers capture the heart and soul of the songs with exactly the right amount of laid-back but precise instrumentation - honesty is always the best policy and 'Amplified Life Stories' is just about as genuine as it gets. The Misers sound is now rich and ripe, yet somehow nicely understated and open, with Barry's expressive keyboards filling up what space Ivison's cutting guitars and impassioned vocals leave. Sure, there's a hard core rockin' feel still in there, but The Misers minimalist treatment takes their songs to new places and with their wonderfully succinct instrumental interplay they pack quite a hefty but rewarding punch. "The Misers capture the heart and soul of the songs with exactly the right amount of laid-back but precise instrumentation. "Amplified Life Stories' suggests that Ivison and Barry have at last found their musical compromise and they now offer 'satisfaction guaranteed' with their real straight-arrow, down-the-line rockin', country-laced music; thoughtful, meaningful, trans-Atlantic nu-country rock if you will, British at heart but universally viable and kinda 'timeless'. This is a very tasty, very business-like offering from The Misers. Now, sounding extremely comfortable and very much at home with their music, The Misers seem to have successfully negotiated a passage through their creative minefield and are now striding out full of confidence and creativity into new territory that will hopefully allow them to grow proper 'teeth' and feed off their new-found artistic strength and move on and up. This is a great album from The Misers, 'Amplified Life Stories' is a real contender and is capable of taking the fight the whole way - keep watching, The Misers mean business and look set to make an impact - quite right too!
by Pete Brown, BBC
Tracklist:
The Misers - Amplified Life Stories (2009) {Sonny Jim}
01. Take Me Down
02. Give It Up For Love
03. Shoot The Breeze
04. Call Me Anytime
05. Spinning
06. The Long Walk Home
07. Lord, Shuffle My Feet
08. Bantam Weight
09. Dont Let Go (Song For Lee)
10. Dead Before My Time
The Misers - Amplified Life Stories (2009) {Sonny Jim}
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The Misers / Amplified Life Stories
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