Everything Bright and New

from Overcome by The Miserable Rich

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    Our first studio album in 12 years - and perhaps our most meaningful and immediate.

    The title comes from an area of language I had been exploring with my students; the contranym – words which are the opposite of themselves. Dust, buckle and sanction are all good examples of these. I liked how The Miserable Rich Overcome could have interpretations of strength and of weakness.

    In truth, the album came about due to both these things. It is the product of us getting together because some of us were going through some particularly difficult times. The music was a good excuse to hang out. Pizza, beer. Talk. Occasional tune. After a while, we kind of had an album.

    On many hills in Sussex, you can see these beautifully bent hawthorn trees. They incredibly compelling, shaped by the harsh coastal winds, and it is hard not to anthropomorphise them. They are beautiful to us because they look like they have been through great difficulty. Without this – the less misshapen trees are far less eye-catching. The beauty is the product of this perceived pain.

    I thought this would be a fitting emblem for the album. I googled images and found an amazing one. I found the photographer on Facebook and asked him where it was. He was very kind and sent me a pin, it was just next to Cuckmere Haven – a very special place for me wife and I. it is where we took our son’s ashes – a place we go back to each year on the anniversary of his death to launch a boat I carve for him and mu wife fills with orange flowers she has collected for him. It is very close to the place we organise a sponsored walk each year for the charity we started in his name.

    I photographed the tree in winter and in late spring bloom to represent both the desperation and the hope that are part of making and meaning of the record. You can flip the vinyl over to reflect which side is closest to your mood.

    Includes the final song to be added - 'Poem For Suzanne'.

    Release date: 2nd Feb 2024

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about

Several of us have experienced childbirth and parenting in recent years. It’s impossible not to be moved by this everyday miracle.

Thankfully only one of these has ended up being tragic but there have been lots of complications. I have also become much more aware of other everyday tragedies. Infertility. Miscarriage. Stillbirth. It’s makes going into the process again even more fraught.

Our second son was born on Halloween – and it was terrifying. He was taken into special care like his brother. We had a week in hospital with him, reliving it all and hoping against hope it would be different this time. This song deals with some of those memories and my feelings at the time.

The dreamy middle section – one of my moments favourites on the album – denotes my mixture of apprehension and hope that second son would come home and make us a family after loss. I didn’t have lyric til I came to put down the vocal – very unusually for me – when it came to me I just put it straight on and then wept.

Thanks to Alabaster de Plume for guest sax.

lyrics

‘When tomorrow comes
Gonna take you home
Away from doctors and wards
Pin cushion blue noticeboards

Just another day
And we’ll slip away
Away from corridor calls
Blood tests and pacing the halls

And your father’s gonna hold you
Never let you down

Oh my dear – so much to look forward to
Starts from here – everything bright and new

Gonna take you home
Gonna watch you grow
You’ll be much more than we know
Loved from your head to your toes

And your mother’s gonna hold you
Never let you go

Oh my dear – so much to look forward to
Starts from here – everything bright and new

Oh, our little world
Please fall into
Oh our little world
Please fall into place’

credits

from Overcome, released February 2, 2024
Music: J. Briffett, W. Calderbank, M. Deering, J. de Malplaquet, R. Lovell
Lyrics: J. de Malplaquet
Guest sax: Alabaster dePlume

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The Miserable Rich Brighton, UK

creators of the fiery chamber music for song lovers: tellers of tales, writers of tunes, forgetters of punchlines. equal parts surly, silly and sumptuous.

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