The Miserable Rich

The story

The Miserable Rich are a string-led band, formed in 2007 and based in Brighton, England. The band has a chamber orchestra sound, created using cello and violin as the primary lead instruments, augmented by double bass, acoustic guitar and occasionally piano. They have released four studio albums: Twelve Ways to Count (2008), Of Flight & Fury (2010), Miss You in the Days (2011) and Overcome (2024); and a live album, Live in Frankfurt (2014) with a bonus disc of covers.

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

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Records

• We All Know (WIENER PLANQUADRAT Remix) · 2026 · Single · compilation
• Monkey · 2025 · Single · remix
• For A Day Remixes · 2025 · EP · compilation
• Ballad Remixes · 2025 · Single · compilation
• Live in Frankfurt · 2014 · live

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• Jim Briffett
• Will Calderbank
• Rhys Lovell
• James De Malplaquet
• Mike Siddell

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with The Miserable Rich in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with The Miserable Rich in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like The Miserable Rich

• Erland and the Carnival2 sources agree
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• The Low AnthemListenBrainz listeners
• MidlakeListenBrainz listeners

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Miserable Rich’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.