''Placer Found'' is the first full-length recording by the
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band
Early Day Miners
Early Day Miners are a band from southern Indiana, United States who released records on the Bloomington, Indiana based label, Secretly Canadian. The band has released seven full-length records.
Their first CD '' Placer Found'' was released Ap ...
, released on
Western Vinyl
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in 2000. It was reissued by
Secretly Canadian
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in 2020.
Critical reception
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called ''Placer Found'' "a fragile album of moody textures and minimalist, slow rock sound explorations."
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'' wrote: "Like a two-headed beast that could be called Calexi-Low, these Miners are more interested in open spaces than the depths; no one could mistake this for music made by a big city band." ''
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'' deemed the album "a liquid dream of a record," writing that "the playing, never agitated or grandiose, challenges many definitions of rock guitar."
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'' described the album as "glassy guitar tones, sedate tempos and a mood that took the slowcore template of Codeine and Low and adapted it for the emo generation."
Reviewing the reissue, ''
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'' called the album "an essential catalyst for the new directions that Midwestern indie rock would take in the 21st century."
Track listing
#"Placer Found" – 2:54
#"East Berlin at Night" – 6:47
#"Texas Cinema" – 5:11
#"In These Hills" – 8:55
#"Stanwix" – 7:32
#"Longwall" – 5:48
#"Desert Cantos" – 12:15
Personnel
*Dan Burton: vocals, guitar
*Joseph Brumley: guitar
*Rory Leitch: drums
*Kenny Chiders: bass
*Pete Skafish: bass
References
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2000 albums
Early Day Miners albums
Secretly Canadian albums