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Early Day Miners
Origin	Bloomington, Indiana, US
Genres	Ambient alternative rock slo-core post rock shoegaze
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Secretly Canadian Acuarela Discos Talitres Burnt Toast Vinyl Western Vinyl
Associated acts	Ativin, Panapoly Academy Horace Pinker
Website	Official site
Members
Daniel Burton Jonathan Richardson Marty Sprowles John Dawson
Former members
Joseph Brumley Rory Leitch Matt Griffin Pete Skafish Kenny Childers Matt Lindblom Kate Long Daun Fields Donny Mahlmeister Kirk Pratt

Early Day Miners are a band from southern Indiana, United States who release records on the Bloomington Indiana based label Secretly Canadian. In September 2009 the band had released six full-length records.^[1]

Contents 1 Biography 2 Recent activity 3 Discography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Early Day Miners started as a 'musical-cooperative' based in Bloomington, Indiana. The group formed when Daniel Burton and Rory Leitch (both of Ativin) began playing on front porches and basements with their mutual friend Joe Brumley. Early Day Miners incorporate a revolving cast of accompanying musicians (many of whom are friends) for both live shows and recordings. Their first CD Placer Found was released April 2000 on Western Vinyl.

[edit] Recent activity

• September 2009 Early Day Miners released their sixth full-length album on Secretly Canadian entitled The Treatment.
• In 2006 Early Day Miners toured with band Wilco
• Early Day Miners have toured extensively through EU and USA.^[2]
• Early Day Miners' music was featured in the soundtrack to the NBC series Quarterlife.

[edit] Discography

Albums 2000: Placer Found 2002: Let Us Garlands Bring - Secretly Canadian 2003: Jefferson At Rest - Secretly Canadian 2003: Sonograph EP 2005: All Harm Ends Here - Secretly Canadian 2006: Offshore - Secretly Canadian 2009: The Treatment - Secretly Canadian

Singles and Split releases 2001: Southern Myth 2001: Last Snow 2002: Stateless 2003: Deep Harbor Compilation appearances SC 100 Pulse From Mid America Acurela Songs 3 For Jonathan Green UFOs Talitres is 5

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Early Day Miners Blog
• Secretly Canadian Early Day Miners site
• Early Day Miners MySpace page
• Early Day Miners Discogs Discography
• Drowned In Sound Early Day Miners Discography History
• Daytrotter Session
• Pitchfork Reviews
• AllMusic Guide Biography