Back in 2014 we listed Dog Days by Miserable at the top spot of our EPs of the Year list. It was a set of four excellent single-word titled songs, which demonstrated the artist's attempt on a more upbeat style of songwriting that worked wonders. Four years later, Dog Days is being remastered by Heba Kadry (Björk, Beach House) and re-released for Sargent House alongside another EP, Loverboy.
Kristina Esfandiari wrote the entirety of Loverboy during a flight, at a time when she was traveling often between coasts, moving permanently to New York. "I had chills running down my body for a couple of minutes," she describes. "I wrote all of the lyrics out on napkins. I could hear how I wanted everything to sound." The initial audio files for Loverboy were lost following a freak accident which destroyed hard-drives and back-ups, and had to be completely re-recorded, and after a long time it's finally coming out in the world.
Gasoline, the first single from the new EP, sounds close to the vividness of Dog Days, jangly and colorful, and with a heavy dose of sweet melancholy.
Loverboy / Dog Days comes out October 26, 2018 on Sargent House.
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Miserable, on tour:
August 3 San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside *
August 4 Oakland, CA @ Eli’s Mile High Club *
August 5 Sacramento, CA @ Blue Lamp *
August 6 Chico, CA @ Duffy’s *
August 7 Portland, OR @ Black Water *
August 8 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore *
August 9 Seattle, WA @ Vera *
August 10 Reno, NV @ Holland Project *
September 1 Fresno, CA @ Strummers
* w/ Death Bells, Fearing
Photos by Tania Apolinar
ZR