Myshkin is the debut full-length album by Michou

Michou

Michou is a folk rock band from Windsor, Ontario.Michou's first release is 2007's EP, MedeaMichou's first studio album is titled Myshkin, released 2008 in Canada,...

. It was recorded in the attic

Attic

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 of friend Joel Bruyere

Thousand Foot Krutch

Thousand Foot Krutch is a Canadian Christian rock band formed in 1995. They have released five major studio albums: Set It Off , Phenomenon , The Art of Breaking , The Flame In All of Us , and Welcome to the Masquerade . They also have one live album, Live at the Masquerade...

, mastered by Noah Mintz

Noah Mintz

Noah Mintz is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and mastering engineer. Mintz founded the band hHead with Brendan Canning in the 1990s...

 at Lacquer Channel and released on June 5, 2008.

The album is named after the protagonist, Prince Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin

Prince Myshkin

Prince Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin is the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot.Dostoyevsky wanted to create a character that was "entirely positive... with an absolutely beautiful nature," and a good way to make such a character plausible in 19th century St Petersburg society was to make him...

, in the novel 'The Idiot

The Idiot (novel)

The Idiot is a novel written by 19th century Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published serially in The Russian Messenger between 1868 and 1869. The Idiot is ranked beside some of Dostoyevsky's other works as one of the most brilliant literary achievements of the "Golden Age" of...

' by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov....

. The band said they named it Myshkin

Prince Myshkin

Prince Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin is the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot.Dostoyevsky wanted to create a character that was "entirely positive... with an absolutely beautiful nature," and a good way to make such a character plausible in 19th century St Petersburg society was to make him...

 because they just "felt the character really reflected who [we] are as a band."
It is also stated by former member Ryan Ard in the album's liner notes that "Myshkin represents the simplicity and honesty conveyed through our music as well as our naive goal to make it in this industry, but more specifically in a world we know little about."
A music video

Music video

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for 'Control' by Suede Productions in Windsor starring Ryan Ard's sister Alicia was released on August 14th, 2008. It premiered one week later on MuchMusic August 21st, 2008, and has since been in regular rotation.

Track listing

1. "Medea" – 4:13
2. "Rocks in the Dryer" – 3:24
3. "In Passing" – 4:09
4. "Control" – 4:45
5. "From Friends To Lovers" – 3:38
6. "Imperfect" – 2:44
7. "Only Half Conscious" – 2:54
8. "The Moon and the Sun" – 3:35
9. "The Anti-Hero Makes His Way" – 4:57