{{Infobox album | name = Misty Medley | type = studio | artist = Kiss Me Deadly | cover = Kiss_Me_Deadly's_Misty_Medley_album_cover.jpg | alt = | released = 4 October 2005 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Indie rock, Post-rock, Shoegazing | length = 50:25 | label = Alien8 Recordings | producer = Kiss Me Deadly, Jace Lasek | prev_title = Travel Light | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = Live at Shubas 03/02/2006 | next_year = 2006 }} '''''Misty Medley''''' is the second full-length album by the Montreal indie rock band Kiss Me Deadly, released in October 2005 by Alien8 Recordings. Working with The Besnard Lakes' Jace Lasek, the band included reworked versions of the four songs on their 2005 EP ''Amoureux Cosmiques'' that featured "breathy vocals, saturated pop tones and melodies motorized by punk", according to The Montreal Mirror.<ref name="montreal mirror preview">{{cite news|last=Carpenter|first=Lorraine|title=Too unlimited >> Kiss Me Deadly play Misty for thee|url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/2005/072805/music3.html|access-date=6 November 2011|newspaper=The Montreal Mirror|date=Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2005|location=Vol. 21, No. 6}}</ref> ''Misty Medley'' spent several weeks on the Canadian "National Campus Top 50 Chart" published by ChartAttack, debuting at #25. The band toured the U.S. the following year in support of the album, alongside Voxtrot and We Are Wolves.<ref name=gigography>{{cite web|title=Kiss Me Deadly Gigography, Tour History|url=http://www.songkick.com/artists/102401-kiss-me-deadly/gigography|work=Songkick|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> Critics particularly noted the four aptly-named "Dance" tracks,<ref name="allmusic review" /><ref name="pitchfork review" /> with "Dance 1" and "Dance 4" also proving to be the most popular with listeners.<ref>{{cite web|title=Misty Medley – Kiss Me Deadly|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Kiss%2520Me%2520Deadly/Misty%2520Medley?ac=misty%20medley|work=Last.fm|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref>
== Reception == {{prose|section|date=April 2021}} {{Album reviews | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic review">{{cite web|last=MacNeil|first=Jason|title=Misty Medley - Kiss Me Deadly|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/misty-medley-r793539/review|work=Allmusic|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> | rev2 = ChartAttack | rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}} | rev3 = Drowned in Sound | rev3Score = (8/10)<ref name="Drowned in Sound review">{{cite web|last=Kharas|first=Kev|title=Kiss Me Deadly - Misty Medley / Releases|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/6770/reviews/479887-|work=Drowned in Sound|access-date=6 November 2011|date=7 November 2005|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054943/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/6770/reviews/479887-|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = Hour Community | rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Hour Community review">{{cite web|last=Kronick|first=Ilana|title=Kiss Me Deadly - Misty Medley|url=http://hour.ca/2005/09/29/misty-medley/|work=Hour Community|access-date=6 November 2011|date=29 September 2005}}</ref> | rev5 = Pitchfork Media | rev5Score = (7.8/10)<ref name="pitchfork review">{{cite web|last=Howe|first=Brian|title=Kiss Me Deadly: Misty Medley {{!}} Album Reviews|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4602-misty-medley/|work=Pitchfork Media|access-date=6 November 2011|date=4 October 2005}}</ref> | rev6 = PopMatters | rev6Score = (6/10)<ref name="popmatters review">{{cite web|last=Berquist|first=Jason|title=Kiss Me Deadly: Misty Medley|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/kissmedeadly-misty|work=PopMatters|access-date=6 November 2011|date=4 January 2006}}</ref> }}
"...classic, melodic dance pop that is still challenging thanks to the hushed, breathy, and alluring vocals of lead singer Emily Elizabeth." - AllMusic<ref name="allmusic review" />
"Best are the four numbered "Dance" tracks, propelled by drums, guitar and Elizabeth." - ChartAttack
"...an album that sees beats and post-rock meet perfectly at make out point." - Drowned in Sound<ref name="Drowned in Sound review" />
"...one of the most graceful and unaffectedly charming little records you’ve heard in a while." - Hour Community<ref name="Hour Community review" />
"...lusciously ethereal post-rock..." - Pitchfork<ref name="pitchfork review" />
"The steady bounce and swirling tones of Misty Medley suggest shoegazers like Slowdive but there’s a distinct ‘80s edge as well." - PopMatters<ref name="popmatters review" />
"The album blends shoe-gazing guitar work, danceable bass and beats with Elizabeth's breathy singing and punk-like yelps..." - Ottawa XPress<ref name="Ottawa XPress piece">{{cite news|last=Harrison|first=Matthew|title=Over and out|url=http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=7943|access-date=6 November 2011|newspaper=Ottawa XPress|date=8 December 2005}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
"...a polished product of rock, dance floor, harmonies and melodies." - Nightlife Magazine<ref name="Nightlife interview">{{cite news|last=Guimond|first=Steve|title=KISS ME DEADLY / The Future is in Their Hands|url=http://74.208.97.133/nlpreprod/magazine/view/88|access-date=6 November 2011|newspaper=Nightlife Magazine|date=March 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120430151616/http://74.208.97.133/nlpreprod/magazine/view/88|archive-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>
"...it's Emily Elizabeth's vocal on most of the tracks that is what really mark this band out." - ''furthernoise.org''<ref name="Furthernoise review">{{cite web|last=McLaren|first=Mark|title=Kiss Me Deadly|url=http://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?url=page.php&ID=100&iss=53|work=Furthernoise|access-date=6 November 2011|date=March 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415071715/http://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?url=page.php&ID=100&iss=53|archive-date=15 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
"...shoegazey pop..." - ''Music Emissions''<ref name="music emissions review">{{cite web|last=Scanland|first=Dennis|title=Kiss Me Deadly - Misty Medley Review|url=http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=3707|work=Music Emissions|access-date=6 November 2011|date=2005-10-18}}</ref>
"...first imagine that Kiss Me Deadly is your standard spacey post-rock band. Then take that soaring, cold remoteness and weld it to the hotter, visceral twang and stomp of mid-90s indie groups..." - The Williams Record<ref name="williams record review">{{cite news|title='Misty Medley' is dark, dreamy and danceable|url=http://record.williams.edu/wp/?p=9943|access-date=6 November 2011|newspaper=The Williams Record|date=2 November 2005}}</ref>
"...a dazzling page in the post-punk diary, highlighted by Emily Elizabeth’s wispy, sexual screams." - Exclaim!<ref name="Exclaim review">{{cite news|last=White-Gluz|first=Jasamine|title=Kiss Me Deadly Misty Medley|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/PopAndRock/kiss_me_deadly-misty_medley|access-date=6 November 2011|newspaper=Exclaim!|date=November 2005}}</ref>
"...the breathy-to-shrill-voiced Emily Elizabeth does her thing over electronic swirls of guitar-pop..." - Canadian Musician<ref name="Canadian Musician review">{{cite news|last=Bliss|first=Karen|title=Kiss Me Deadly|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-936170691.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610220454/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-936170691.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2014|access-date=6 November 2011|newspaper=Canadian Musician|date=1 November 2005}}</ref>
"Between the vacuumish vocal effects, the mechanical pumping of the rhythm and twinkling guitars, this album feels a soundtrack for romance on space station Mir—only with more screaming." - ''Silver Soundz''<ref name="Silver Soundz review">{{cite web|last=Caufield|first=Egan|title=First Listen: Kiss Me Deadlys, Misty Medley|url=https://silversoundz.blogspot.com/2008/10/first-listen-kiss-me-deadlys.html|work=Silver Soundz|access-date=6 November 2011|date=8 November 2008}}</ref>
"...a college radio classic in the making. There is a virtual feast of mid-to-late-’80s alternative rock spread throughout the disc." - The Coast<ref name="The Coast review">{{cite news|last=MacLaren|first=Trevor|title=Kiss Me Deadly Mistly Medley|url=http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/kiss-me-deadly/Content?oid=964232|access-date=6 November 2011|newspaper=The Coast|date=6 December 2007}}</ref>
"...an irresistible arrangement of loops, beats, bass, fuzz, melody and contagious energy that, while drawing from every worthwhile scene of the '80s and '90s, somehow eludes comparison." - ''i heart music''<ref name="i(heart)music review">{{cite web|last=Bejjani|first=Pauline|title=Entries from Tuesday, December 6. 2005|url=http://www.iheartmusic.net/serendipity/index.php?/archives/2005/12/06.html|work=i(heart)music|access-date=6 November 2011|date=6 December 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407021324/http://www.iheartmusic.net/serendipity/index.php?%2Farchives%2F2005%2F12%2F06.html|archive-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>
"...combines Elizabeth's distinct vocal range with a lush, layered sound to create songs spacey enough to justify the album's cover but danceable enough to keep those shoes hard to stare at." - ''Prefix''<ref name="Prefix review">{{cite web|last=Sheppard|first=Justin|title=Album Review: Kiss Me Deadly - Misty Medley|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/kiss-me-deadly/misty-medley/14670/|work=Prefix|access-date=6 November 2011|date=3 November 2005}}</ref>
"...somewhere between their contemporary dancepunk brethren like The Rapture and the 4AD sound of the late '80s..." - ''Treble''<ref name="treble review">{{cite web|last=Terich|first=Jeff|title=Treble : Album Review : Kiss Me Deadly - Misty Medley|url=http://www.treblezine.com/reviews/943.html|work=Treble|access-date=6 November 2011|date=5 October 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405223911/http://www.treblezine.com/reviews/943.html|archive-date=5 April 2012}}</ref>
== Track listing == All tracks written by Kiss Me Deadly.
# "Dance 4" – 5:16 # "Dance 2" – 5:32 # "Pop" – 4:48 # "Let's" – 3:51 # "Dance 3" – 4:19 # "Ballads" – 5:14 # "Misty Medley" – 4:27 # "Distress Call" – 5:02 # "Dance 1" – 4:57 # "Groove" – 5:27 # Untitled track – 1:32
== Personnel == ;Kiss Me Deadly * Emily Elizabeth – vocals, guitar * Adam Poulin – guitar, vocals and programming * Mathieu Dumontier – bass, vocals <small>(formerly of Bonjour Brumaire, Statue Park, Orcondor, Thin Blue Line, Blurry Eyes)</small> * Erik Petersen – drums * Sophie Trudeau – violin
;Additional musicians * Jace Lasek – additional instrumentation * Olga Goreas – additional vocals on "Pop"
;Technical personnel * Kiss Me Deadly – producer * Jace Lasek – producer, engineering * John Golden – mastering
;Artwork * Tyler Stout
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.alien8recordings.com/releases/misty-medley Album page at record label] *[https://www.myspace.com/kissmedeadlyband Band site] *[http://www.allmusic.com/album/misty-medley-r793539/review Allmusic review]
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