New Miserable Experience (ft. members of Rivers of Nihil, ex-Revocation, Rosetta) announce new album, stream new single

New Miserable Experience, featuring an all-star cast with members of Rivers of Nihil, Rosetta, ex-Revocation, Model Prisoner and Rivers of Nihil, today announce their new album Gild The Lily, due 23rd January via Pelagic Records.

The band have also revealed their second glimpse of the record, the infectious, evocative 'Ordinary People'.

Pre-order Gild The Lily and stream 'Ordinary People' here: https://orcd.co/newmiserableexperience

Watch the new video here: https://youtu.be/wYO1r29Zzdw

True to their signature energy and rich tones, 'Ordinary People' is drenched in tension and melancholy. As the band state, it is "a song that is a reaction to rich and powerful men trying to convince us that they are ordinary people and that empathy is a toxic trait.”

New Miserable Experience are a Philadelphia-rooted collective that reshapes heavy-music rigour into expansive, melody-forward songs through alternative synth-rock. What started as a file-trading collaboration between vocalist/bassist David Grossman (ex-Rosetta) and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Mahesh Kost (Model Prisoner) expanded into a full band that now includes Rosetta drummer Bruce “B.J.” McMurtrie Jr., technical-metal bassist Brett Bamberger (ex-Revocation), and guitarist Brody Uttley (Rivers of Nihil). 
  
Each member of New Miserable Experience contributes a distinctive sonic fingerprint. The vocals act as the emotional centre, delivering lines that feel confessional and immediate; synths and guitars are constructed with shimmering arpeggios and decisive motifs; percussion and production choices blend groove and tension within electronic nuance; and bass work often functions as a countermelody, lifting refrains and anchoring transitions. Together the five players emphasise careful craft over spectacle, shaping a song that rewards patient listening.

Across the twelve tightly arranged tracks of 3rd album Gild The Lily, the band pares its palette to essential elements: clear melodies, precise dynamics, and richly textured production. The album trades overt bombast for craft, building emotional weight through small gestures and patient arrangements rather than moments of spectacle.

Elements of Gild the Lily combines alternative synth rock with chorus-tinted guitars, and a rhythm section that alternates between taut propulsion and roomy, reverb-soaked space. Elements of artists as lauded and disparate as Crosses, Ulver, The Black Queen and more combine to irresistible effect.
 
New Miserable Experience are: 
Josh Kost (multi-instrumentalist)
Brody Uttley (guitar)
Brett Bamberger (bass)
David Grossman (vocals)
BJ McMurtrie (drums)

For more:
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Tracklisting: 

1.    Heartsick 
2.    Ordinary People
3.    The Devil We Know 
4.    In the House of Denial 
5.    Infinite Sadness
6.    Payback From God
7.    Yours to Bury 
8.    Perfect Things
9.    Letters to Insomnia
10.    Perfect Blue
11.    Running the Fear of it Dry 
12.    Ataraxia