Holding Patterns

Holding Patterns
Japanese cover
EP by +/-
Released	April 15, 2003 (US) October 8, 2003 (Japan)
Recorded	Stratosphere Sound and Union Square, NYC
Genre	Alternative rock, Indie rock
Label	TeenBeat, White Wabbit, &
Producer	James Baluyut
+/- chronology
Self-Titled Long-Playing Debut Album (2002) Holding Patterns (2003) You Are Here (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork Media	(US)[1]
Allmusic (US)	[2]

Holding Patterns is the first release from +/- after it had expanded to a touring band. This was also the first major release from the group to feature songwriting and lead vocals by Patrick Ramos. Pitchfork Media's review of the EP coined the term "lap-rock" to describe its marriage of electronic production and indie rock.^[1] It was released in a modified version in Japan, and the US version of the EP was packaged with the band's subsequent album You Are Here in Taiwan.

Track listing

US version

1. "I've Been Lost" – 4:00
2. "Trapped Under Ice Floes" – 5:26
3. "Far into the Fields" – 2:47
4. "You've Just Got It All" – 4:25
5. "Making the Horse Drink" – 3:18

Japanese version

1. "I've Been Lost"
2. "Trapped Under Ice Floes"
3. "Summerlong" (cover of the song by Emm Gryner)
4. "You've Just Got It All"
5. "Making the Horse Drink"
6. "If I Am Charming"

References

1. Pitchfork Media Review
2. Allmusic (US) review

External links

• Page for the EP at & Records (in Japanese)
• +/- official discography