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Early Day Miners

 
Artist: Early Day Miners
 

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Dan Burton

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  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Let Us Garlands Bring," "Offshore," "Jefferson at Rest"

Biography

The 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 Offshoot, 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. ~ Erik Hage, All Music Guide
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Early Day Miners
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Background information
Origin Bloomington, Indiana, US
Genre(s) Ambient
alternative rock
slo-core
post rock
shoegaze
Years active 1999–present
Label(s) Secretly Canadian
Acuarela Discos
Talitres
Burnt Toast Vinyl
Western Vinyl
Associated acts Ativin, Panapoly Academy Horace Pinker
Website Official site
Members
Daniel Burton
Jonathan Richardson
Marty Sprowles
John Dawson
Former members
Joseph Brumley
Rory Leitch
Matt Griffin
Pete Skafish
Kenny Childers
Matt Lindblom
Kate Long
Daun Fields
Donny Mahlmeister
Kirk Pratt

Early Day Miners are a band from southern Indiana, United States who release records on the Bloomington Indiana based label Secretly Canadian. In September 2009 the band will release their sixth full-length record The Treatment (album).

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Biography

Early Day Miners started as a 'musical-cooperative' based in the rolling hills of Bloomington, Indiana. The group formed when Daniel Burton and Rory Leitch (both of Ativin) began playing on front porches and basements with Joe Brumley, a mutual friend of theirs. Early Day Miners incorporate a revolving cast of accompanying musicians (friends) for both live shows and recordings. The resultant sound is not unlike a cinematic postcard; the words are there to serve as visual guides, the sound is camerawork. Their first CD "Placer Found" was released in April 2000 on Western Vinyl.

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