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 OffshoreThe Bloomington, IN, group Early Day Miners is a self-described "musical cooperative". The group's core members are Daniel Burton, Rory Leitch (both formerly of Ativin), and Joseph Brumley, but the trio enlists a revolving cast of friends for recordings and live performances. Early Day Miners spin American rural music into richly cinematic, experimental textures that contain a prominent streak of melancholy (and some slowcore tendencies).The combo's first release was the seven-song, 49-minute "Placer Found", which emerged in 2000 on Western Vinyl. The 2002 LP "Let Us Garlands Bring", on Secretly Canadian Records, boasted richer and more fleshed-out landscapes to underpin the vocals of key member Burton. Early Day Miners continued on with 2003's Jefferson at Rest and 2005's All Harm Ends Here out on Secretly Canadian. The next year, the six-song "Offshore", which was originally conceived to be a part of "Let Us Garlands Bring" and featured the production work of Tortoise's John McEntire, was released. "Offshore" is quintessential Early Day Miners. The faithful set closer, "Offshore" is equally beautiful and noisy...composed though loose; akin to late 80s/early 90s 4AD-laden world of shoegaze wash-rock like Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Mark Hollis, their predecessor Peter Gabriel or modern day saint William Basinski. |
VISIT>> Website>> MySpace LABEL>> Secretly CanadianPRESS>> Photos + BioAGENTAndreas Oberschelp |
TOURDATESNo dates currently scheduled. |