Early Day Miners: The Treatment (Reviews)

There is nothing overwrought about this album, despite its name. Early Day Miners instead opt for an uncomplicated opus where memories, desires, and experiences overlap.

The first time I heard Early Day Miners was at a Wilco show in 2005. They were the opening act and, as my ears soon discovered, largely incomparable to the alt-country and rock sound that Jeff Tweedy et al perform. It was clear to me that -- even there in the balcony seats with my neck strained and angled awkwardly toward the stage -- Early Day Miners were cut from some variation of the shoegaze mold, using layered vocals and majestic repetition to create a wistful landscape of sound. If you’ll indulge me in a Hot Topic-style mashup description, think…