We are a transatlantic pop combo based in London and New York City.Our new single, Puce Woman / Queen Cobra, is released on September 26th 2011 by Exotic Pylon Records. “The classic combination of great songwriting and a jaded touch of faded glamour.” - The Skinny “Misty Roses combine pop melodrama with electronic texture in a manner rarely heard since The Associates. … [D]isturbingly intense….” - The Wire “[A]n admirably skew-whiff talent” - Q Magazine, 3 stars “[A]mbitious, lavish, downbeat pop music” - Subba Cultcha “Misty Roses mines the vast territory of the underground cinematic subconscious to come up with a unique blend of celluloid sounds and musical references designed to blow your mind” - Bruce LaBruce “Beautifully brave and full of magic” - Patrick Wolf Tumblr (3.0; @mistyroses)http://mistyroses.com/<p>Our recent live session on Irene Trudel’s show is now up at the excellent <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org">Free Music Archive</a> - check it <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Misty_Roses/Live_at_WFMU_on_Irene_Trudels_Show_November_28_2011/">here</a>.</p> <p>The 2009 session we did is also up there; check that one <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Misty_Roses/Live_on_Irene_Trudels_show_on_WFMU_10262009/">here</a>.</p> <p>For all those Misty Roses anoraks out there (I know there are tons of you out there), our session from 2007 with Gaylord Fields is also up on WFMU’s site <a href="http://wfmu.org/special.php/GF">here</a>.</p> <p>We love WFMU…… Their <a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/">blog</a> isn’t too bad either.</p>http://mistyroses.com/post/14326570711http://mistyroses.com/post/14326570711Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:06:24 -0500audio<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvvwfsg0Fh1qzewqxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>Our chanteuse, Robert, will be singing Thursday, Dec. 8th @ the mighty Losers Lounge @ Joe’s Pub in NYC! Come down, it will be a happening!! (Click the gals for more info.)</span></strong></p>http://mistyroses.com/post/13918110036http://mistyroses.com/post/13918110036Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:09:28 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BBsNtHY8pVM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Check out our new video for Puce Woman, created for us by the exceptionally talented Esther Harris.</p>http://mistyroses.com/post/13748638095http://mistyroses.com/post/13748638095Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:33:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvgfoy0c1I1qzewqxo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>If you missed Misty Roses live on WFMU/Irene Trudel yesterday, the set is available on the station’s archive now…. Just click the pretty lady….</span></strong></p>http://mistyroses.com/post/13531152625http://mistyroses.com/post/13531152625Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:43:46 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3FSVwAudhkU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>RIP, Mr. Ken Russell….</p>http://mistyroses.com/post/13530857335http://mistyroses.com/post/13530857335Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:37:10 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvcrw2xWGm1qzewqxo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> <div><span>Greetings, dears.</span></div> <div><span> <div></div> <div>Please join <strong>MISTY ROSES</strong> this Monday, 11/28/11, for a special live performance on <strong>Irene Trudel’s</strong> radio program on the mighty<strong>WFMU!</strong> </div> <div><strong><br/></strong></div> <div><strong><span>For this very special occasion o</span><span>ur chanteuse, Robert, will be joined once again by the mighty </span><a href="http://michaelharren.com/" target="_blank">Mr. Michael Harren</a></strong></div> <div>for a <strong>vocal and piano set!</strong></div> <div><strong><br/></strong></div> <div>Listen to the set live on radio and/or on line, at noon (EST), or on the station’s archive at your leisure.</div> <div><strong><br/></strong></div> <div>All the info you need can be found by clicking the photo of the lovely lady….</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>Cheers - M. Roses</div> <div></div> <div></div> </span></div> </span></p>http://mistyroses.com/post/13439562766http://mistyroses.com/post/13439562766Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:16:50 -0500<a href="http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/misty_roses_wichita_linemen_from_the_black_lagoon/">How did we forget to post this wonderful interview in Dangerous Minds?</a>http://mistyroses.com/post/11893582708http://mistyroses.com/post/11893582708Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:55:23 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt2hyyrGLS1qzewqxo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>Against all odds - Oh, what a give-away! - Robert, our chanteuse, lends his voice to the ever brilliant Losers Lounge, this Friday 10/14 @ 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. @ the brand spanking new Joe’s Pub!  Its Peter Gabriel vs. Phil Collins! Click Pete for more details!</span></strong></p>http://mistyroses.com/post/11441583164http://mistyroses.com/post/11441583164Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:59:22 -0400live<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lse5idrXbf1qzewqxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our interview in the new issue of Bizarre - on sale now!</p>http://mistyroses.com/post/10888699055http://mistyroses.com/post/10888699055Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:27:48 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvhzs2t0pn1qzewqxo1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Puce Woman/Queen Cobra 7”. Exotic Pylon 2011.</p>http://mistyroses.com/post/13564148576http://mistyroses.com/post/13564148576Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:55:00 -0400Releases<a href="http://exoticpylonrecords.greedbag.com/buy/puce-woman-queen-cobra/">Pre-order the new single here! </a>http://mistyroses.com/post/10602472469http://mistyroses.com/post/10602472469Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:59:27 -0400releases<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrokyoxrCz1qzewqxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Greetings, dears.<br/>Please join us, <strong>MISTY ROSES</strong>, this Sunday evening for a very special, impromptu performance opening for the mighty <strong><em><u>MR. PATRICK WOLF </u></em></strong><strong>@ LE POISSON ROUGUE in NYC!</strong><br/><strong><span>For this very special occasion o</span><span>ur chanteuse, Robert, will be joined by</span> <a target="_blank" href="http://michaelharren.com/">Mr. Michael Harren</a>  </strong>for our first ever <strong>vocal and piano set!</strong><strong><br/></strong>Its an early evening - all the info you need can be found clicking the lovely Mr. Wolf!<strong><br/></strong>Come down and leave your troubles outside, so!<br/>Life is disappointing - forget it!<br/>@ LE POISSON ROUGUE Sunday night - life is beautiful!<br/>The girls/boys are beautiful!<br/>Even the orchestra is beautiful!<br/>Cheers - M.R</span></p>http://mistyroses.com/post/10325143729http://mistyroses.com/post/10325143729Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:04:00 -0400live<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LCRZZC-DH7M?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>RIP Mr. Jerry Leiber….</p>http://mistyroses.com/post/9292638589http://mistyroses.com/post/9292638589Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:17:59 -0400asides<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AEC04BfqMy0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>RIP Mr. Nick Ashford….</p>http://mistyroses.com/post/9292582720http://mistyroses.com/post/9292582720Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:15:19 -0400asides<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lppuvaN14C1qzewqxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’re featured on the latest episode of the wonderful H.P. Lovercraft Literary Podcast!</p> <p>Click the lady or the beastie for more info!</p> <p><span><em>(And give our love to Father Dagon and Mother Hydra!)</em></span></p>http://mistyroses.com/post/8734038543http://mistyroses.com/post/8734038543Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:28:22 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llmtu3UFTE1qzewqxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here is the really smashing poster for our gig in London June 10, 2011! Click Liza for more info. See you there!</p>http://mistyroses.com/post/5758949232http://mistyroses.com/post/5758949232Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:58:00 -0400live<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm471ioZHu1qzewqxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Misty Roses’ chanteuse Robert will be amongst the stellar roster of featured vocalists at the encore of LOSERS LOUNGE TRIBUTE TO QUEEN! This FRIDAY, June 3 at THE BOWERY BALLROOM in NYC!</span></p> <p><span>Click the band for more info</span></p> <p><span><br/></span></p>http://mistyroses.com/post/6071873532http://mistyroses.com/post/6071873532Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:03:00 -0400live<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm46iy4mj11qzewqxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><span>Misty Roses will be featured tonight Wed., June 1 on the mighty Jonny Mugwump’s mighty <a target="_blank" href="http://exoticpylon.com/pages/radiohub.html">EXOTIC PYLON</a> program!</span><span><br/></span><span><br/></span><span>Dig Jonny’s kind words in re: the group:</span><span><br/></span><span><br/></span><span>“This Wednesday on FNOOB Underground we have a guest mix from my favourite pop band of the last few years - the divine Misty Roses.<br/><br/>Jonny Perl and Robert Conroy are a transatlantic duo living out a cinematic fantasy of dark romance and sci-fi melodrama and as Misty Roses they utilise guitar, electronics and vocals to shoot 60’s easy-listening glamour and European grandeur into the 31st Century. Jonny and Robert’s romantic guest mix takes us on a breathless tour of the their obsessions - arch melodrama, gothic collapse, cinematic whirlpools, post-punk dementia and radiophonic pop.”<br/><br/>(The program goes live @ 10 p.m. (GMT) and will be available for download from Thursday night at <a target="_blank" href="http://exoticpylon.com/"><a href="http://exoticpylon.com/">http://exoticpylon.com/</a></a>)</span><span><br/></span><span><br/></span></span></p>http://mistyroses.com/post/6071663275http://mistyroses.com/post/6071663275Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:52:00 -0400audio<p>To celebrate our upcoming 7” single on Exotic Pylon Recordings, we are playing at the Vortex in Dalston on June 10th as part of a stellar lineup of bands put together by Jonny Mugwump.  Read more <a target="_blank" href="http://exoticpylon.com/thevortex/liveatthevortex07.html">here</a>. Tickets are available <a title="Tickets Link" target="_blank" href="http://www.wegottickets.com/event/119113">here</a>.</p> <p><em>Jonny Mugwump presents</em></p> <p><strong>Exotic Pylon Recordings Launch Party</strong></p> <p>A night of doomed cabaret and screwed melodrama</p> <p>Starring</p> <p><strong>Hong Kong in the 60s</strong></p> <p>Casio Heartache and Radiophonic liquid pop, this UK trio have just released their debut album My Fantoms to great acclaim. Fragile, atmospheric and understated Christopher Greenberg, Tim Scullion and Mei Yau Kan will drop you in to summery melodramas of your own making. Grab the new album via their website here (<a href="http://hongkonginthe60s.com/">http://hongkonginthe60s.com/</a>) and check out an Exotic Pylon session from last year here (<a href="http://exoticpylon.com/pages/2010/11-20-10.html">http://exoticpylon.com/pages/2010/11-20-10.html</a>).</p> <p><strong>Misty Roses</strong></p> <p>If H. P. Lovecraft lived on Montague Terrace (in Blue)… Jonny Perl and Robert Conroy are a transatlantic duo living out a cinematic fantasy of dark romance and sci-fi melodrama and as Misty Roses they utilise guitar, electronics and vocals to shoot 60’s easy-listening glamour and European grandeur in to the 31st Century, and tonight is a celebration of their debut release for Exotic Pylon Recordings (<a href="http://exoticpylon.com/pages/label.html">http://exoticpylon.com/pages/label.html</a>). You can check out a session the band did for Mining For Gold here (<a href="http://exoticpylon.com/pages/2009/10-30-09.html">http://exoticpylon.com/pages/2009/10-30-09.html</a>) and check their website here: <a href="http://mistyroses.com/">http://mistyroses.com/</a></p> <p><strong>Radio Joy present Beuys will be Beuys</strong></p> <p>An exploratory offshoot of the magisterial and defiant Band of Holy Joy- Johny Brown, Inga Tillere, James S. Finn, Cris Lapthorne, Chris Brierley will be bringing piano, voice, electronics, violin and projections to present the debut performance of Beuys will be Beuys an incantatory tale of the eponymous Joseph running wild in the East End. Expect occult punk cabaret soundscapes. Listen to Band of Holy Joy at the Pylon here (<a href="http://exoticpylon.com/pages/2010/05-22-10.html">http://exoticpylon.com/pages/2010/05-22-10.html</a>) and check out all things Holy Joy here (<a href="http://www.bandofholyjoy.co.uk/">http://www.bandofholyjoy.co.uk/</a>).</p> <p><strong>Anne Pigalle</strong></p> <p>Where do you start? From the lush pop orchestrations of her dalliance with ZTT in the 80’s through collaboration with Donald Cammell via Paris, London, New York and Japan with Gualtier, Lagerfeld and Michael Nyman. Born out of punk culture Anne Pigalle is a true and utterly incomparable STAR – poet, writer, photographer, singer, performer and painter. Her current work is based around her new album L’Ame Erotique and is a highly surreal and erotically charged cabaret that is equal parts Piaf, Cohen and Bataille. Go here for all things Pigalle: <a href="http://www.annepigalle.com/">http://www.annepigalle.com/</a></p> <p><strong>Father Murphy</strong></p> <p>Doomed tragi-comic operatic free-blues – a monastic howl of funereal giallo rock… Father Murphy are sparse and incendiary and one of the finest bands in the world right now. Fresh from (highly appropriately) supporting Swans in Russia they’re going to bring the house down in Grand Guignol style. Catch them on the pylon here: <a href="http://exoticpylon.com/pages/08-22-09.html">http://exoticpylon.com/pages/08-22-09.html</a> and here: <a href="http://exoticpylon.com/pages/2009/12-13-09.html">http://exoticpylon.com/pages/2009/12-13-09.html</a> . Website here: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/reverendmurphy">http://www.myspace.com/reverendmurphy</a></p> <p>The Vortex<br/>11 Gillett Square, Dalston<br/>London, United Kingdom</p>http://mistyroses.com/post/5551288587http://mistyroses.com/post/5551288587Mon, 16 May 2011 15:39:00 -0400live<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/saksKorZEoc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Our chanteuse, Robert, feels that P.J. Harvey’s “Let England Shake” is the best LP of the year thus far.</p> <p>Feel free to disagree….</p> <p>(“But if you do, you’re wrong!” - Robert)</p>http://mistyroses.com/post/5445076632http://mistyroses.com/post/5445076632Fri, 13 May 2011 03:25:00 -0400asides