Miscellany (EP)

Miscellany
EP by
iamthemorning
Released1 January 2014
RecordedAssault & Battery 2, Alchemea College of Audio Engineering, Interzvuk studio
GenreProgressive rock, Chamber pop
Labelself-released
Produceriamthemorning
Iamthemorning chronology
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(2012) 		Miscellany
(2014) 		Belighted
(2014)

Miscellany is an extended play by Russian progressive chamber band iamthemorning. It was self-released on 1 January 2014. The album was mixed by Marcel van Limbeek, Gianluca Capacchione and Mark Knight then mastered by Marcel van Limbeek at Reveal Sound in London.[1][2][3]

Reception

Emma Johnston of Team Rock gave a mixed review describing comparisons to Tori Amos as “blindingly inevitable” while calling Semkina’s voice “clear, thrilling [and] theatrical”.[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Team Rock[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by iamthemorning

No.TitleLength
1."To Human Misery (Chamber Version)"4:17
2."The Simple Story"3:35
3."Intermission XII"2:36
4."Scotland (Unplugged)"3:44
5."The Simple Story (Unplugged)"3:44
6."Touching (London Mixing)"4:07
7."Intermission VIII"1:05
Total length:23:08

Personnel

iamthemorning
Additional musicians
  • Gavin Harrison — drums on “The Simple Story”
  • Vlad Avy - guitars and sampled percussion on “The Simple Story”
  • Max Roudenko — bass on “The Simple Story”
Production
  • Marcel van Limbeek – engineering, mastering, mixing
  • Gianluca Capacchione – engineering, mixing
  • Drew Smith – engineering
  • Anna Pavluk – engineering
  • Mark Knight – engineering, mixing
  • KJ Thorarinsson – engineering
  • Nikita Valamin — engineering
  • Constantine Nagishkin — artwork, cover design
  • Max Roudenko — engineering
Strings Ensemble

"To Human Misery" and "The Simple Story" performed
by Turner Quartet:

  • Robert Yeomans — first violin
  • Ruth Funnell — second violin
  • Holly Rouse — viola
  • Rosie Banks-Francis — cello
  • Gleb Kolyadin — strings arrangement for “The Simple Story
  • Grigory Losenkov — strings arrangement for The Human Misery

Touching (London Mix):

  • Ilya Dyakov — violin
  • Philipp Buin — viola
  • Alina Shilova — cello

Intermission VIII:

  • Vsevolod Dolganov — cello

References

  1. ^ "Miscellany by iamthemorning". bandcamp.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "Iamthemorning – Miscellany". discogs.com. 24 March 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "Miscellany Iamthemorning". itunes.apple.com. January 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Johnston, Emma (February 11, 2014). "iamthemorning: Miscellany". teamrock.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.