Mister and Mississippi
Members
Maxime Barlag, Samgar Jacobs, Danny van Tiggele, Tom Broshuis Read Full Bio ↴Members
Maxime Barlag, Samgar Jacobs, Danny van Tiggele, Tom Broshuis
Place of birth
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Mister and Mississippi – ‘Mirage’
It’s an almost hackneyed notion, the general life and times of many bands. The fortuitous debut album that strikes gold, the make-or-break sophomore effort and finally, that much-scrutinized third LP. Dutch art rockers Mister and Mississippi aren’t claiming to be the exception to the rule. Albeit from purely a musical vantage point, the band has – by all means – opted for a new creative trajectory. Third LP ‘Mirage’ employs a darker, heavier undercurrent of synths, bass and drums lurking beneath the group’s well-established sonorous majesty and crisp vocals. There’s a more ominous, acidic punch to the music’s structure, dynamics and growth, marking a radical stylistic shift from the palliative, simmering indie folk prevalent on Mister and Mississippi’s previous two albums. ‘Mirage’ finds the band avidly reinventing themselves in both arrangement and production, poised to become one of the more eye-opening entries of 2017.
Mister and Mississippi recorded ‘Mirage’ during the summer of 2016 in their hometown of Utrecht. With ample time to spare, the band was able to root out stressful deadlines and explore their sonics with latitude aplenty. Mister and Mississippi enlisted producer Simon Akkermans as full-time collaborator over the creative course of ‘Mirage’, making a concentrated effort to downsize the songs wherever necessary. And by doing so, instill even more emotional depth, fervency and sheer magnitude. A challenging goal indeed, one that took many hours, days and weeks to accomplish. Especially when it comes to synths in all shapes and sizes, the Kytopia studio is a joyous candy land you can easily immerse yourself in. At times, rampant experimentation with all those different synths prompted a creative cul de sac, but alternately, caused other songs to really come into their own. This trial and error way of working garnered many surprising results, and, more importantly, sparked the creative push needed to inject a fresh, piercing intensity to the songs. There are moments on ‘Mirage’ where the frigid, gloomy swells of 80s new wave and electropop shrewdly loom. Other times, the album lives up to its name, shifting towards a more transparent, limpid sound pallette without feeling contrived, predictable or tacky. Within Mister and Mississippi’s body of work, ‘Mirage’ isn’t exactly a new chapter of an age old tale, but a new storybook in its entirety. The group’s decisively changed modus operandi also affected their riveting live performances. Look for Mister and Mississippi to flex their muscles with heavier riptides of sound and put greater emphasis on powerful, dynamic visuals to boot.
A natural next step. Since their formative years, Mister and Mississippi have proven themselves quite a force after numerous club shows both at home and abroad, plus notable festival slots at the likes of Lowlands, Paaspop, Eurosonic, SXSW and Rolling Stone Weekender. To leave you with another commonplace notion in the life cycle of a band: you’re only as good as your last record. The previously collected Edison and 3FM Awards, respectively, have now been removed from mantelshelf.
Indeed those are two beautiful memento’s of that promising debut and the laborious second LP. But with their monumental third one ready, the time has arrived for Mister and Mississippi to kindle that fire once again.
http://misterandmississippi.nl/
Maxime Barlag, Samgar Jacobs, Danny van Tiggele, Tom Broshuis
Maxime Barlag, Samgar Jacobs, Danny van Tiggele, Tom Broshuis
Place of birth
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Mister and Mississippi – ‘Mirage’
It’s an almost hackneyed notion, the general life and times of many bands. The fortuitous debut album that strikes gold, the make-or-break sophomore effort and finally, that much-scrutinized third LP. Dutch art rockers Mister and Mississippi aren’t claiming to be the exception to the rule. Albeit from purely a musical vantage point, the band has – by all means – opted for a new creative trajectory. Third LP ‘Mirage’ employs a darker, heavier undercurrent of synths, bass and drums lurking beneath the group’s well-established sonorous majesty and crisp vocals. There’s a more ominous, acidic punch to the music’s structure, dynamics and growth, marking a radical stylistic shift from the palliative, simmering indie folk prevalent on Mister and Mississippi’s previous two albums. ‘Mirage’ finds the band avidly reinventing themselves in both arrangement and production, poised to become one of the more eye-opening entries of 2017.
Mister and Mississippi recorded ‘Mirage’ during the summer of 2016 in their hometown of Utrecht. With ample time to spare, the band was able to root out stressful deadlines and explore their sonics with latitude aplenty. Mister and Mississippi enlisted producer Simon Akkermans as full-time collaborator over the creative course of ‘Mirage’, making a concentrated effort to downsize the songs wherever necessary. And by doing so, instill even more emotional depth, fervency and sheer magnitude. A challenging goal indeed, one that took many hours, days and weeks to accomplish. Especially when it comes to synths in all shapes and sizes, the Kytopia studio is a joyous candy land you can easily immerse yourself in. At times, rampant experimentation with all those different synths prompted a creative cul de sac, but alternately, caused other songs to really come into their own. This trial and error way of working garnered many surprising results, and, more importantly, sparked the creative push needed to inject a fresh, piercing intensity to the songs. There are moments on ‘Mirage’ where the frigid, gloomy swells of 80s new wave and electropop shrewdly loom. Other times, the album lives up to its name, shifting towards a more transparent, limpid sound pallette without feeling contrived, predictable or tacky. Within Mister and Mississippi’s body of work, ‘Mirage’ isn’t exactly a new chapter of an age old tale, but a new storybook in its entirety. The group’s decisively changed modus operandi also affected their riveting live performances. Look for Mister and Mississippi to flex their muscles with heavier riptides of sound and put greater emphasis on powerful, dynamic visuals to boot.
A natural next step. Since their formative years, Mister and Mississippi have proven themselves quite a force after numerous club shows both at home and abroad, plus notable festival slots at the likes of Lowlands, Paaspop, Eurosonic, SXSW and Rolling Stone Weekender. To leave you with another commonplace notion in the life cycle of a band: you’re only as good as your last record. The previously collected Edison and 3FM Awards, respectively, have now been removed from mantelshelf.
Indeed those are two beautiful memento’s of that promising debut and the laborious second LP. But with their monumental third one ready, the time has arrived for Mister and Mississippi to kindle that fire once again.
http://misterandmississippi.nl/
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Mister and Mississippi Lyrics
Calm She cuts through the ropes She pours down the rain An ocean…
Circulate Words, stay sun, circles pain filled the day tired of loneli…
Follow the Sun We must go Follow you Sleepless night And. Through the dayt…
For Us To Remember ...(?) Night consumed by fire Disposed and naked, drifting a…
In Between In drizzling rain We'll meet again Out of thin air I'll spel…
Lush Looms Bad and beat Crooked ways Come around Play it safe Your hand…
Meet Me At The Lighthouse Meet me at the lighthouse Bye the seaside, when the night…
Nemo Nobody I knew a man Nemo Nobody A colorful mind That once said to…
Nocturnal I'm numb in my head And my eyes they look red I…
Northern Sky We walked along the eastern shore And sailed across the ope…
Pulsar Like an empty lake… The pills you need to take… My neck…
Running Printen Videoclip ✎ Wijzigen She comes and goes Like autumn…
Same Room Different House I don't wanna let you go I don't wanna let you…
See Me See me standing here singing you my song. I follow a dream i…
Shape Shifter So this is where our journey starts In search of who…
Six Feet Under If love is letting go of fear That chimes with you…
The Filthy Youth Sunny state of mind Fields of green We lay between the pines…
The Repetition of Being Alone You're just like the wind The stillness of sound Impossible …
We Only Part To Meet Again Wake me From the echous in my restlles mind Console me If it…
Where the Wild Things Grow Meet me where the wild things grow I'll paint your flowers…
HAL
on HAL9000
Move it along,
Dirty mouths only run from the fault
Zombies [?]
Punching keys instead of using their tongue
Spit up your bile,
Only narcissists show approval
We're all just a bunch of clowns
Stupid and it doesn't fit in file
So we fake it cause we can
Gonna.
Fake it cause we can
Gonna.
Fake it cause we can.
Gonna.
Fake it cause we can
Gonna.
[?] assumption
It can all make one secure
Influential nonsense
Breath like a fever while consuming the poor
Such a lonely clown
With a self-image lonely disintegrates
we [?] smile
What to improve if you self-fabricate
So we fake it cause we can
Gonna.
Fake it cause we can
Gonna.
Fake it cause we can.
Gonna.
Fake it cause we can
Gonna.
Hungry hands keep feeding each other
All while during the long term silence should wait
Waltzing fools keep fooling one another [?] masquerade
Hungry hands keep feeding each other
All while during the long term silence should wait
Waltzing fools keep fooling one another [?] masquerade