Misterlee

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Misterlee
Background information
Origin	Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Alternative rock, lo-fi
Years active	2002–present
Labels
Website	Official website
Members	Lee Allatson Jamie Smith
Past members	Michael "Curtis" Oxtoby

Misterlee are an alternative rock band from Leicester, England. Centred on the talents of Lee Allatson, Misterlee have released three albums, Chiselgibbon (2002)^[1] and Night of the Killer Longface (2005) (largely Allatson solo recordings), followed by a collection of live recordings - Bootlegger/Misterlee Is Not A Lifestyle Sandwich in late 2006. Performing live, Misterlee comprised Allatson on vocals, drums and effects, augmented by guitarist Jamie Smith and Michael "Curtis" Oxtoby on electric violin and bass guitar, although Oxtoby left in late 2007. The band has played live around the UK, as well as in the United States,^[2] sharing bills with the likes of Hamell on Trial, Sebadoh, Jeffrey Lewis, Johnny Dowd, Simple Kid, and The Mountain Goats, and has also appeared at festivals such as , Secret Garden Party and Summer Sundae.

The band has played Antifolk UK festivals in London, and has been described as "a world of anti-folk, Beck-like genre teasing played out in an English country garden on full band and ukelele [sic]".^[3] The band were featured on the first Antifolk UK compilation album (with the track "Dim Lit"), though their sound is not traditionally 'antifolk' (in the sense of 'acoustic punk') and comparisons with other bands are difficult.

Though the vocal delivery is English, American influences can be heard in the music - one reviewer describes them as "a man playing doomed country ballads in an American whisky bar".^[4]

In June 2009, Allatson announced that Misterlee were working on a new album, with a working title of This Disquiet Dog, released in 2010. The album features Allatson and Smith with a cameo performance by Oxtoby, and was recorded at Smith's Owlhouse Studio in South Leicestershire.

Discography[]

• Chiselgibbon (2002)
• Night of the Killer Longface (2005)
• Bootlegger/Misterlee Is Not A Lifestyle Sandwich (2006)
• This Disquiet Dog (2010)

References[]

External links[]

• Official Misterlee website
• Misterlee on MySpace
• atomic duster review of Chiselgibbon
• atomic duster review of Night of the Killer Longface
• BBC Leicester feature Archived 11 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
• Misterlee at Drowned in Sound
• Ed Hutchinson (January 2007). "Misterlee - 04 Jan 2007 (live review)". moles.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
• Helen Tipping (May 2005). "Misterlee: Interview". pennyblackmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2008.

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