Selling Points
1. Offshore is one continuous piece it is made up of 6 distinct songs.
2. Performances by Amber Webber (Black Mountain), Johnathon Ford (Unwed Sailor), 

Dan Matz (Windsor For The Derby), and Darin Gray (On Filmore, Brice Glace). 
3. Mixed by John McEntire.
4. Sent to over 250 domestic and foreign publications.
5. 200 College, Community & Independent Radio Stations serviced.
6. Advertising in Pitchfork, Pop Matters, Mojo, Magnet, The Wire, among others.

EARLY DAY MINERS

OFFSHORE

LABEL: Secretly Canadian
CAT #: SC135
FORMAT: CD / LP
UPC #: 656605013527   CD
UPC#: 656605013510    LP     

CD / LP BOX LOT: 25 / 40
STREET DATE: August 22nd, 2006

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Over the course of the last decade Daniel Burton (the man behind Early Day Miners) has become one of the mid-

west’s best kept secrets. Mentored by Daniel Lanois at his Teatro Studio in Los Angeles, Burton has been putting

his project-oriented stamp on a variety of records for the last 10 years. Anywhere from early Songs: Ohia recordings

to the tribal rumblings of On Fillmore (Glenn Kotche of Wilco’s band with the venerable Darin Gray) to the pink

noise and melodies of Windsor For The Derby, Burton’s ideas and experiences with various bands in the studio have

coalesced into this career-defining work, Offshore.

Initially composed in 2001 for Let Us Garlands Bring (their sophomore album), Offshore is quintessential Early Day

Miners. The faithful set closer, Offshore is equally beautiful and noisy...composed though loose; akin to late 80s/early

90s 4AD-laden world of shoegaze wash-rock like Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Mark Hollis, their prede-

cessor Peter Gabriel or modern day saint William Basinski.

In the Lanois/Eno tradition, Burton collected an all-star cast to flesh out his vision. All contributing their talents

though not distracting from the task at hand, Offshore features the core band of Burton, Joe Brumley, Jonathan

Richardson (Horace Pinker, Feeling High), Matt Griffin (OlO) with special appearances by hauntingly beautiful

voice of Amber Webber (Black Mountain), Windsor For The Derby’s Dan Matz on guitar, the prepared bass of

Darin Gray, Unwed Sailor’s Jonathan Ford on electric bass and mixed by the deft hands of John McEntire

(Tortoise).

Offshore has been a favorite for years. This is the director’s cut.