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Rock · 2010 · 11 tracks · 54m

Mines

Menomena

A dense, emotionally fraught collection of art rock built from jagged loops. Heavy baritone sax and restless percussion define this portrait of a band in friction.

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It sounds like a clockwork machine made of wood and grit trying to tell you a secret.

A tense and meticulously layered exploration of interpersonal friction and creative exhaustion.

Mines · vs · Menomena
Baritone+1.2σ

The vocals lean notably further into baritone than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 54m
01
Queen Black Acid
4:47
02
TAOS
5:00
03
Killemall
4:06
04
Dirty Cartoons
4:53
05
Tithe
4:53
06
BOTE
5:52
07
Lunchmeat
3:30
08
Oh Pretty Boy, You’re Such a Big Boy
5:19
09
Five Little Rooms
4:57
10
Sleeping Beauty
5:17
11
INTIL
5:47
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive entry of the distorted baritone saxophone on Five Little Rooms that anchors the track's frantic energy.
The way Queen Black Acid builds from a skeletal piano loop into a lush, melancholic wall of sound.
The rhythmic collapse and reconstruction during the bridge of TAOS, showcasing the band's surgical editing style.
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