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Home and Minor

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Released
  
26 October 2009

Artist
  
Oceansize

Label
  
Superball Music

Producer
  
Oceansize

Release date
  
26 October 2009

Recorded
  
Summer 2009 (completed 12 August)

Home and Minor (2009)
  
Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up (2010)

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Post-rock, New Prog, Indie rock

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. 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!"

Contents

Background & information

According to the band, the EP is:

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."

Track listing

Music by Oceansize. Lyrics by Mike Vennart.

  1. Legal Teens - 4:28
  2. Getting Where Water Cannot - 5:24
  3. Monodrones - 2:34
  4. Home & Minor - 8:10
  5. Didnaeland - 3:22
  6. The Strand - 8:04

Personnel

The following people contributed to Home & Minor:

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
  • Songs

    1Legal Teens4:28
    2Getting Where Water Cannot5:24
    3Monodrones2:34

    References

    Home & Minor Wikipedia