Offshore (album)

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Offshore
Offshore (Early Day Miners album) cover art.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 22, 2006
RecordedMay 2005–December 2005
StudioGrotto Home Studio in Bloomington, Indiana and Old Mt. Gilead Church in Mount Gilead, North Carolina
Genre Ambient, alternative rock, slowcore, post-rock, shoegaze
Length37:34
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer John McEntire
Early Day Miners chronology
All Harm Ends Here
(2005)
Offshore
(2006)
The Treatment
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork Media 5.8 [2]
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Offshore is the fifth full-length album by Early Day Miners, released in 2006 on Secretly Canadian Records. Offshore is a continuous six-song exploration of the musical and lyrical themes presented in the band's song "Offshore", from their 2002 album Let Us Garlands Bring .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Land of Pale Saints" – 9:11
  2. "Deserter" – 4:07
  3. "Sans Revival" – 4:29
  4. "Return of the Native" – 3:39
  5. "Silent Tents" – 7:05
  6. "Hymn Beneath the Palisades" – 9:03

Personnel

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References

  1. Brown, Marisa. Offshore at AllMusic. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  2. Currin, Grayson (February 2, 2007). "Early Day Miners: Offshore | Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  3. Miller, Jason. "Spacelab Music Review - Early Day Miners : Offshore". Spacelab. Retrieved January 30, 2012.