 The pair were playing in Brighton folk band Shoreline, and the more traditional instrumentation used in this band was taken on board, with inspiration derived from the ex-Zombie Colin Blunstone's "Say You Don't Mind" and The Balanescu Quartet's Kraftwerk covers.Together with Mike Siddell (formerly Hope of the States) on violin, Ricky Pritchard on guitar and Rhys Lovell playing double bass, they created The Miserable Rich.They recorded their debut album, "Twelve Ways to Count", at de Malplaquet's house in Hove during the summer of 2007.