{{Multiple issues| {{Notability|music|date=June 2020}} {{More footnotes|date=June 2020}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2020}}}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Misterlee | image = Misterlee-SummerSundae2006.jpg | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | origin = Leicester, England, United Kingdom | Instruments = | genre = Alternative rock, lo-fi | years_active = 2002&ndash;present | label = Rubber Czech | website = | current_members = Lee Allatson<br/>Jamie Smith | past_members = Michael "Curtis" Oxtoby }}

'''Misterlee''' are an alternative rock band from Leicester, England. Centred on the talents of Lee Allatson they have released four albums.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Night of the Killer Longface, by Misterlee |url=https://misterlee.bandcamp.com/album/night-of-the-killer-longface |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Misterlee |language=en}}</ref>

== History == Misterlee consisted of Allatson on vocals, drums and effects, augmented by guitarist Jamie Smith and Michael "Curtis" Oxtoby on electric violin and bass guitar. The debut album was released in 2002, called ''Chiselgibbon'' (2002)<ref>{{cite web |author= |year= |title=Hello Misterlee |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/entertainment/music/2002_01/mister_lee.shtml |access-date=6 January 2008 |publisher=BBC |quote=}}</ref> it largely written and performed solo by Allatson,

In 2005, the second album ''Night of the Killer Longface'' was released, like the previous one it has largely written and performed by Allatson. Circa that year, Misterlee played in the United States and were looking for American distribution for the second album''.''<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |author= |year= |title=Misterlee goes stateside |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/music/jukebox/misterlee.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311053113/http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/music/jukebox/misterlee.shtml |archive-date=11 March 2006 |access-date=6 January 2008 |publisher=BBC |quote=}}</ref>

''Bootlegger/Misterlee Is Not A Lifestyle Sandwich'' was released late in 2006.

Oxtoby left in late 2007.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} In the same year, the band were featured on the compilation record ''AFUK & I (VOL. 1): UP THE ANTI!'' on AFUK (Anti-Folk UK) Records, with the track "Dim Lit".<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - AFUK & I (VOL. 1): UP THE ANTI! |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/9392293-Various-AFUK-I-VOL-1-UP-THE-ANTI |language=en |access-date=2022-05-03}}</ref> Though, their sound is not traditionally anti-folk (in the sense of 'acoustic punk').{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

The band has played with Hamell on Trial, Sebadoh, Jeffrey Lewis, Johnny Dowd, Simple Kid, and The Mountain Goats, and has also appeared at festivals such as In the City, Secret Garden Party and Summer Sundae.{{When|date=May 2022}}

The band has played anti-folk UK festivals in London.{{When|date=May 2022}}

In June 2009, Allatson announced that Misterlee were working on a new album. It was released in 2010, entitled ''This Disquiet Dog''. The album features Allatson and Smith with a cameo performance by Oxtoby, and was recorded at Smith's Owlhouse Studio in South Leicestershire.

In 2018, ''This Disquiet Dog'' was made available as a digital download.<ref>{{Cite web |title=This Disquiet Dog, by Misterlee |url=https://misterlee.bandcamp.com/album/this-disquiet-dog |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Misterlee |language=en}}</ref>

== Other projects == Allatson has taught drums since 1991 in Leicester, and at the Dye House Drum Works facility since 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |date=2021-08-31 |title=Drum Lessons in Leicester {{!}} Dye House Drum Works |url=http://www.dyehousedrumworks.com/drum-lessons-in-leicester/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Style == The ''Londonist'' described the band as "A world of anti-folk, Beck-like genre teasing played out in an English country garden on full band and {{sic|ukelele|nohide=y}}".<ref name="Londonist">{{cite web |url=http://londonist.com/2005/11/new_band_interv_6.php |title=New Band Interview: Misterlee |access-date=24 January 2016 |author=Londonist_Mark |date=29 November 2009 |publisher=Londonist}}</ref>

Though the vocal delivery is English, American influences can be heard in the music - ''Leonard's Lair'' describes them as "a man playing doomed country ballads in an American whisky bar".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leonardslair.co.uk/misterlee.htm |title=Misterlee - Night Of The Killer Longface (review) |access-date=6 January 2008 |author= |year= |publisher=Leonard's Lair |quote= }}</ref>

==Discography== *''Chiselgibbon'' (2002) *''Night of the Killer Longface'' (2005) *''Bootlegger/Misterlee Is Not A Lifestyle Sandwich'' (2006) *''This Disquiet Dog'' (2010)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links== {{External links|date=May 2022}} * [http://www.myspace.com/leeallatson Misterlee on MySpace] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20021102033757/http://atomicduster.com/albumreviews/albums08_02/index.htm atomic duster review of Chiselgibbon]}} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050412040257/http://www.atomicduster.com/spotlight/31/index.php atomic duster review of Night of the Killer Longface]}} * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/music/jukebox/misterlee.shtml BBC Leicester feature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311053113/http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/music/jukebox/misterlee.shtml |date=11 March 2006 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080203074631/http://www.drownedinsound.com/bands/8540 Misterlee at Drowned in Sound] * {{cite web|url=http://www.moles.co.uk/porter/reviews.ihtml?step=3&id=730 |title=Misterlee - 04 Jan 2007 (live review) |access-date=6 January 2008 |author=Ed Hutchinson |date=January 2007 |publisher=moles.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030144422/http://www.moles.co.uk/porter/reviews.ihtml?step=3&id=730 |archive-date=30 October 2007 |url-status=dead }} * {{cite web |url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article.aspx?id=3587 |title=Misterlee: Interview |access-date=6 January 2008 |author=Helen Tipping |date=May 2005 |publisher=pennyblackmusic.co.uk |quote= }}

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