Formed by Will Calderbank and James de Malplaquet from the embers of The Grape Authority and alt-folk project Shoreline, Brighton's The Miserable Rich began with one main objective; to turn the traditions of indie, folk and electronica on their collective head. Quickly growing into a modern chamber quintet, providing a home for Mike Siddell (Lightspeed Champion, Kate Walsh, Hope Of The States), Lindsay Oliver (Kate Walsh, The Mummers) and Jim Briffett (Clearlake), they spent the summer of 2007 bringing woozy downer-folk together with the spiralling beauty of simple strings and de Malplaquet's astonishingly versatile voice.

Working within their fledgling Wilkommen Collective, a regular monthly gig helped establish the reputation of The Miserable Rich across Europe, leading to the release of debut album, 12 Ways To Count, and a double A-side single, 'Pisshead/Boat Song', in 2008.

"One of the few bands to unite the entire office, which is a rarity enough to earn them a place, but more so because they write the kind of tunes capable of uniting nations." (Source magazine)