Early Day Miners

Artist: Early Day Miners

Group Members:

Dan Burton

Similar Artists:

Low & Slow, Valley of the Giants, Explosions in the Sky, Unwed Sailor, Days in December, Sweater Weather, Damien Jurado, Rex, Bluetile Lounge, Low, Sigur Rós, Wheat

Influenced By:

My Bloody Valentine, Brian Eno, Red House Painters, Gastr del Sol, Cocteau Twins, Bedhead, Codeine

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
File:Photo by Ben Swanson
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).

1 Biography
2 Recent activity
3 Discography
4 External links

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.

Recent activity

September 2009 EDM will release their sixth full-length album on Secretly Canadian entitled "The Treatment (album)"
In 2006 EDM toured with band Wilco
EDM have toured extensively through EU and USA
EDM's music was featured in the soundtrack to the NBC series Quarterlife

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Early Day Miners

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