Miscellany (EP)

Miscellany
EP by iamthemorning
Released	January 1, 2014
Recorded	Assault & Battery 2, Alchemea College of Audio Engineering, Interzvuk studio
Genre	progressive rock, progressive chamber
Label	self-released
Producer	iamthemorning
iamthemorning chronology
~ (2012) Miscellany (2014) Belighted (2014)

Miscellany is an extended play by Russian progressive chamber band iamthemorning. It was self-released on January 1, 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
Source	Rating
Team Rock	[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

All songs written and produced by iamthemorning

iamthemorning Gleb Kolyadin – grand piano, keyboards Marjana Semkina – vocals, backing vocals 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. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
3. "Miscellany Iamthemorning". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
4. Johnston, Emma (February 11, 2014). "iamthemorning: Miscellany". teamrock.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.