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.

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”.

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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