Placer Found
Studio album by
Early Day Miners
ReleasedApril 2, 2001
Recorded2000
GenreAmbient, alternative rock, slowcore, post-rock, shoegaze
Length49:22
LabelWestern Vinyl
ProducerEarly Day Miners
Early Day Miners chronology
Placer Found
(2001)		 Let Us Garlands Bring
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Ox-Fanzine[3]

Placer Found is the first full-length recording by the American band Early Day Miners, released on Western Vinyl in 2000.[4][5] It was reissued by Secretly Canadian in 2020.[6]

Critical reception

AllMusic called Placer Found "a fragile album of moody textures and minimalist, slow rock sound explorations."[1] Exclaim! 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."[7] The Indianapolis Star deemed the album "a liquid dream of a record," writing that "the playing, never agitated or grandiose, challenges many definitions of rock guitar."[8]

Paste 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."[6] Reviewing the reissue, Spin called the album "an essential catalyst for the new directions that Midwestern indie rock would take in the 21st century."[9]

Track listing

  1. "Placer Found" – 2:54
  2. "East Berlin at Night" – 6:47
  3. "Texas Cinema" – 5:11
  4. "In These Hills" – 8:55
  5. "Stanwix" – 7:32
  6. "Longwall" – 5:48
  7. "Desert Cantos" – 12:15

Personnel

  • Dan Burton: vocals, guitar
  • Joseph Brumley: guitar
  • Rory Leitch: drums
  • Kenny Chiders: bass
  • Pete Skafish: bass

References

  1. 1 2 "Placer Found - Early Day Miners | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 196.
  3. ↑ "Review". www.ox-fanzine.de.
  4. ↑ "Early Day Miners | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ Ingalls, Chris (24 March 2020). "Early Day Miners' Debut 'Placer Found' Gets a New Life on Vinyl, PopMatters".
  6. 1 2 "Record Time: New & Notable Vinyl Releases (March 2020)". pastemagazine.com. March 31, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Early Day Miners Placer Found". exclaim.ca.
  8. ↑ Lindquist, David (28 Nov 2000). "Early Day Miners, Placer Found, Western Vinyl Records". The Indianapolis Star. p. E1.
  9. ↑ "The 10 Best Reissues of 2020 (So Far)". Spin. June 17, 2020.
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