Warrick Hayes - vocal, acoustic guitar.
Guy Fearon - lead guitar.
Valentin Gerlier - backing vocals, guitar, bass.
Fred Vislander - rhythm guitar.
Kari Paavola - drums.
With Peter Larsen - rhythm guitar, production.
Influences
Beaudelaire, Crowded House, The Smiths, The Great Mr. Keith Richards, Oscar Wilde, Rimbaud, Basset Hounds....
Life as an actor ! Witness Warrick in a hit short film "Tom's TV" recently showcased at the Streatham Arts Festival. Produced by Peter and scripted by Guy, who also plays the quiz master:
The Mispent’s debut album “Climbing Frames” is, on first listen a delightfully fresh, light and upbeat Pop/Rock/Folk concoction about grown up relationships; the surprise is that every return visit rewards the listener with new bittersweet insights. This is a record of substance that has the courage not to wear it on its sleeve – as does much of current, frankly self pitying effete British “bloke” Rock.
Emotional intelligence - with a somewhat dry wit, is behind music that tells universal human stories with empathy and no little charisma. This may well be an extension of the fact that Warrick Hayes, the band leader, and Guy Fearon, the lead guitarist, are drama school friends. The live shows certainly benefit as a result - the performances are gloriously charming; which makes for music that is both highly engaging and touching . It's rare indeed to witness such a vintage blend of talent - see for yourself courtesy of the Last FM clips above and below !
"For many reasons, there aren't enough intelligent, melody-driven, upbeat, adult-orientated bands that are new out there," says Warrick. "My focus is to make sure we're good enough to fill that void and do that job. And I think we are, and we can."
It's a sentiment that certainly isn't passing the business by: "Song of the Year is excited to recognize Warrick for his exceptional songwriting ability for the song 'Wish You Well.' Warrick competed against songwriters from all over the world for this honor. Song of the Year is an international songwriting contest supporting VH1's Save the Music Foundation. The Song of the Year judges are some of the biggest names in music, including many Grammy Award winners." - VH1 "Song of the Year" Competition.
The Mispent's EP, All There Is, Is Now, and Climbing Frames are currently available through Cd Baby, Amazon.com, Napster.co.uk and iTunes. For more information, please visit www.themispent.com.
The fine live pictures on this site were taken by Annette of Raedar Photography....see friends ! For an online press kit....click below.
Hi Guys,
Just wanted to let you know that The People's Music Awards is now open for registration. If you don't already know, we are a new music awards for Unsigned and Newly Emerging music artists. So if your a band, musician, DJ or producer check out our myspace page, and enter for free at: www. thepeoplesmusicawards. com
All the Best - TPMA
Hey hey. I thought i'd see how you guys are going. Got any sneak previews of new stuff to stick up on your space? I'd love to hear some new stuff. Anyway, I must run. Hope you're all well!
Hey! Hope you are doing good. I wanted to let you know about a show i'm doing in London on Sunday, June 1st.
I'm touring with Tommy Allsup. He played guitar with Buddy Holly, and is the guy playing on songs like "Heartbeat", "It's So Easy", etc, etc.....he is 76 and still going strong.
He is a character.
Anyway, i would love to see you at the show. I think as a fellow musician that you will really appreciate seeing Tommy play, and listening to his stories! He is THE guy that flipped the coin with Ritchie Valens.
If you want to see Tommy in action....check out my blog. There is a video from last week in Nashville from the studio.
Take care, the music is sounding great, and i hope to see you soon!
Sincerely,
Kevin Montgomery
http://www. kevinmontgomery. fanbridge. com
We was supposed to have our own stage at Myfest 2008 but the shit hit the fan and NAS events cancelled the festival….so we’re throwing our own 12 hour mini festival on the Sunday it should’ve been on
Loads going on that day.....14 bands - The Other Room with games and other such stuff- Rockstar drink promotions - Rockstar special giveaway - Food - Bollocks to Poverty stool - DJ sets by Infadels - The Charlatans - The Krak – spread the word
Abigail Hopkins new album, 'The Memoirs Of An Outlaw', available to pre-order from: www. basilicamusic. bigcartel. com The first 100 copies are signed and numbered!
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Last, but not least, here’s wishing you all happy holidays from all of us at MSJ – whether you celebrate Christmas, Yule, Kwanzaa or any other holiday (even Festivus) may it be filled with joy and peace. And the same goes for your New Year - let's hope it's a great one! Of course, if Hanukkah is your particular flavor, then I hope it WAS wonderful.
Because you are a loyal and valued friend we have decided to give you an early Christmas present 7 FREE MP3s from our very first recording 2004 Demo.... yes this is a gift absolutely FREE!!! no strings attached. If you want to support us though please buy our NEW CD/DVD "Everyone" in stores or off our profile
Whilst our 2004 Demo is in no way a representation of the standard of music we make now or the quality of our recently released CD/DVD "Everyone" it was a loved Ep... enjoy! and please have a listen to our new stuff on our page and tell us what you think of new stuff?
MY NEW SONG ON MY SITE COME ON EVERY NATION. MY ENVIROMENTAL SONG THAT SCREAMS OUT TO ALL THE NATIONS OF THIS WORLD TO START MAKING CHANGES BEFORE MOTHER EARTH DIES. COME ON; LEAVE A COMMENT; ADD IT TO YOUR SITE; MAKE THE CHANGES TO SAVE THIS PLANET FOR OUR CHILDREN. THIS IS NOT A FANTASY SONG.....IT..S REALITY, FOR YOU AND ME.
when you're at IAC Warrick, please don't forget..re-upload pics/songs if u have to...awhile back they had a server problem. Great to hear from you and hope the audiences luv The Mispent...the world needs your positive melody.
Hi Warrick...it's been awhile. Hope your music is doing you good...iac had a server problem and alot of the pics and some songs got deleted..when you get time, you may need to re-upload some info, so please stop by when you can and take care of it if you can..we miss ya! Rock On my friend!
