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ARTiST: Oceansize
ALBUM: Home & Minor
BiTRATE: 190kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 –vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Superball / EMI
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 47.23 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 32min 02sec total
RiP DATE: 2009-10-25
STORE DATE: 2009-10-23

Track List:
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01. Legal Teens                      4:28
02. Getting Where Water Cannot       5:24
03. Monodrones                       2:34
04. Home & Minor                     8:10
05. Didnaeland                       3:22
06. The Strand                       8:04

Release Notes:
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The world and it’s dog did their ‘MTV Unplugged’. David St. Hubbins had his
collection of acoustic numbers with the London Philharmonic. Bernie Winters had
Schnorbitz. And, at long last, here is the Oceansize equivalent, the ‘Home And
Minor’ EP.

Fear not, Oceansize haven’t gone acoustic. There are no ‘More Than Words’
moments to be found here. Indeed, there’s not even actually any acoustic guitar
anywhere on it. Moreover, this is a short (*1) collection of our more ’settled’
numbers. More reserved, with not a distortion pedal in sight (*2), this lovely
EP is a realisation of a plan that’s been kicking around our collective brains
since before we were signed in 2002. Where in the past we’ve crowbarred-in every
single dynamic, idea and style we could think of into a record, we thought it
best this time to present a more thematic and cohesive collection, so’s not to
disrupt the more fainted-hearted listener from their blub-induced slumber.

Still, it covers plenty of ground, and features a fair few Oceansize firsts such
as trumpets, pedal-steel guitar as well as a bit of pumping techno (*3) and some
additional vocals from Kate Ray. It is also the first Oceansize record to be
made in our own as-yet-unnamed studio in Manchester.

Does this mean Oceansize have finally grown old, knackered, and are necking
pints of Horlicks and taking on unhealthy interest in the dog? No, not a bit of
it. We are currently holed up in our little bubble, writing ~censored~ reams and
reams of material for our next album, some of which is our loudest and most
fruity yet. But that’s all in the future….

Oceansize is still -

Mark Heron – Drums
Steven Hodson – Bass/Guitar/Keys
Gambler – Guitar/Keys
Steve Durose – Guitar/Vocals
Mike Vennart – Vocals/Guitar

*1 – Well, short by our standards. Quite long by The Strokes’ or Slayer’s.
*2 – except for a couple of bits you probably wont notice until you’ve heard it
ten times.
*3 – Pumping QUIETLY, of course.

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