Misser was an American
emo
Emo is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of and hardcore punk from the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered b ...
band formed in Walnut Creek, California. The band's lineup consisted of Tim Landers (ex-
Transit) on guitar and vocals and Brad Wiseman (ex-
This Time Next Year) performing vocals. Since their formation in 2010, the band has released three EPs and one full-length album. The band has toured with bands such as Transit, Diamond Youth,
The Wonder Years,
Hostage Calm, and
Fireworks.
History
Misser started as the solo project of Landers while he was still playing in Transit. Landers wrote six songs and tracked them with Dan Rose (of Daybreaker). Jay Maas was set to mix and master the tracks, but the project files were instead deleted from his computer. A few months later Landers released those songs online in their original state. Landers was later approached by Justin Collier of Lost Tape Collective and he agreed to release three of the original six songs on cassette along with a cover of
Archers of Loaf's "
Web in Front
Web in Front is a song by American indie rock band Archers of Loaf, originally released as a 7" single on Alias Records in 1993. It was their first release on the Alias label, and their first single from their debut album ''Icky Mettle''. The orig ...
."
While at a mutual friend's house, Landers and Wiseman discussed the possibility of playing in a band together. Landers would go on to tell Wiseman about the songs that he had previously written. The next time Landers visited California the two re-recorded two of the original six tracks and wrote an additional one, creating the ''Problems. Problems. Problems. EP''.
The EP was officially released on Bandcamp in December 2011.
On January 10, 2012, the band announced via Facebook that they had signed to
Rise Records and were planning release a full-length album. It was also announced via
Alternative Press that Gary Cioffi had signed on to produce the band's debut full length.
The album, ''Every Day I Tell Myself I'm Going To Be A Better Person'', was released on May 15, 2012.
In December 2012 it was announced that Misser would tour supporting The Wonder Years, along with Fireworks and Hostage Calm in the Spring of 2013.
On March 6, 2013 the song “Goddamn, Salad Days” premiered on Revolvermag.com.
On May 23, 2013 the bands streamed new EP, ''Distancing'', via PropertyOfZack. The EP was officially released on May 28 through Rise Records.
In December 2013 the band played a series of holiday shows with Long Lost and Transit.
Misser went through a period of inactivity, with Landers working on a different musical endeavor called Cold Collective.
On August 5, 2016 Misser were announced as direct support for
Set Your Goals on a series of shows celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the band's debut album, ''
Mutiny!
''Mutiny!'' is the debut studio album by the rock band Set Your Goals. Within the first three months of 2006, the band signed to independent label Eulogy Recordings and recorded the album with Barrett Jones in Seattle, Washington. Immediately fo ...
''.
Landers died on February 2, 2019.
Band members
Current members
* Brad Wiseman (2011–Present)
Previous members
* Tim Landers (2010–2019, deceased)
Touring musicians
* Torre Cioffi – guitar (from Transit and bloom.)
* Chris Browne – bass (from
Polar Bear Club)
* Joe Longobardi – drums (from
Defeater)
Discography
EPs
* Misser tape (2011)
* Problems. Problems. Problems. EP (2011)
* Distancing EP (2013)
Studio Albums
* Every Day I Tell Myself I'm Going To Be A Better Person (2012)
References
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American emo musical groups