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]
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| 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] |
Background and information
editAccording 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
editMusic 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
editThe following people contributed to Home & Minor:[6]
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References
edit- ^ Rock Sound review
- ^ Shred News review
- ^ "Twitter / Oceansize: Just found out that the ne". Twitter.com. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Oceansize | News | Rock Sound". Rocksound.tv. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ Lindsay, Andrew. "Oceansize announce 'Home and Minor' EP". stereokill.net. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ Home & Miner liner notes.