Home & Minor
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| EP by Oceansize | ||||
| Released | 26 October 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 2009 (completed 12 August) | |||
| Genre | New Prog, post-rock, indie rock, experimental rock | |||
| Label | Superball Music | |||
| Producer | Oceansize | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Rock Sound | (8/10)[1] |
| Shred News | (10/10)[2] |
Home & Minor is an EP by Manchester-based alternative rock band Oceansize, released on 26 October 2009 on Superball Music. The release is limited to 3000 copies.[3] Regarding the EP, vocalist and guitarist Mike Vennart states: "we thought we’d try and make a mini-album of more reserved songs that have something in common with each other. It's our acoustic-like record, only there are no acoustic instruments and it’s not an album!"[4]
Background & information
According to the band, the EP is:[5]
| “ | a collection of our more 'settled' numbers. More reserved, with not a distortion pedal in sight, this lovely EP is a realisation of a plan that's been kicking around our collective brains since before we were signed in 2002. Where in the past we've crowbarred-in every single dynamic, idea and style we could think of into a record, we thought it best this time to present a more thematic and cohesive collection, so's not to disrupt the more fainted-hearted listener from their blub-induced slumber. Still, it covers plenty of ground, and features a fair few Oceansize firsts such as trumpets, pedal-steel guitar as well as a bit of pumping techno and some additional vocals from Kate Ray. It is also the first Oceansize record to be made in our own as-yet-unnamed studio in Manchester. | ” |
In an interview with Rock Sound, Vennart elaborated on the stylistic approach of the record, describing the track "Legal Teens" as "a weird, sci-fi, cocktail tune."[4]
Track listing
Music by Oceansize. Lyrics by Mike Vennart.
- Legal Teens - 4:28
- Getting Where Water Cannot - 5:24
- Monodrones - 2:34
- Home & Minor - 8:10
- Didnaeland - 3:22
- The Strand - 8:04
Personnel
The following people contributed to Home & Minor:[6]
Band
- Steve Durose - guitar, backing vocals
- Richard "Gambler" Ingram - guitar, keyboards
- Mark Heron - drums, percussion
- Steven Hodson - bass, keyboards
- Mike Vennart - lead vocals, guitar
Additional musicians
- Tom Knott - trumpet
- Norman McLeod - pedal steel guitar
- Kate Ray - vocals
Recording personnel
- Oceansize - recording, producer
- Chris Sheldon - mixing
- Sean Magee - mastering
Artwork
- Steven Hodson - artwork, layout
- Adam Crosby - cover photograph
References
- ↑ Rock Sound review
- ↑ Shred News review
- ↑ "Twitter / Oceansize: Just found out that the ne". Twitter.com. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- 1 2 "Oceansize | News | Rock Sound". Rocksound.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ↑ Lindsay, Andrew. "Oceansize announce 'Home and Minor' EP". stereokill.net. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ↑ Home & Miner liner notes.
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