New Miserable Experience - PHILOSOPHY ON PESSIMISM - VINYL LP

High Roller Records, reissue 2023, simple cover, black vinyl, ltd 250, insert 1. The Grey God Passes 2. Stand Your Ground 3. The Battle of Bonchester Bridge 4. Hermitage 5. Do What Thou Will 6. Only the Brave 7. Hallowed Be Thy Grave 8. The Fountain 9. The Calling 10. Mysterium

Vinyl LP pressing. 2026 . New Miserable Experience are a Philadelphia-rooted collective that reshapes heavy-music rigour into expansive, melody-forward songs through alternative synth-rock. What started as a file-trading collaboration between vocalist/bassist David Grossman (ex- ROSETTA) and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Mahesh Kost expanded into a full band that now includes ROSETTA drummer Bruce InchB.J.Inch McMurtrie Jr., technical-metal bassist Brett Bamberger (REVOCATION), and guitarist Brody Uttley (RIVERS OF NIHIL). The group forgoes technical exhibitionism in favour of mood and melody, composing introspective songs designed to reward close listening.

Vinyl LP pressing released to coincide with the album's 25th Anniversary. Spawning the hits 'Hey Jealousy', 'Until I Fall Away', 'Found Out About You' and 'Allison Road' - New Miserable Experience is the breakthrough album by Gin Blossoms, released on August 4, 1992. The album was released to little fanfare. However, nearly a year after it's the lead single, InchHey JealousyInch, entered the top 40, with InchFound Out About YouInch following a few months later. The album eventually reached multi-platinum status. The band's guitarist, Doug Hopkins, was fired near the conclusion of the recording sessions for the album, ostensibly for his persistent alcohol problems. His replacement, Scott Johnson, is listed as a member of the band in the liner notes, but did not play on the album. Just as the album was becoming a success at the end of 1993, Hopkins committed suicide.