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''Mines'' is the fourth album from the Portland, Oregon-based band Menomena. It was released on July 27, 2010 by Barsuk Records, in North America, and City Slang, in Europe. The album was self-produced and recorded by the band. The title comes from the plural possessive word of "mine",〔(Pitchfork.com: Menomena's Harris Talks New Album )〕 and the cover art features a picture of a broken sculpture in the woods printed in stereogram.〔(Pitchfork.com: New Menomena - Five Little Rooms )〕 The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart at #96.〔(US Chart News: 8/5/10 )〕 In April 2010, the band recruited Joe Haege, of fellow Portland bands Tu Fawning and 31knots, as a touring member.〔(Portland Mercury: More Menomena News )〕 == Recording process == In a July 2009 interview, Justin Harris said "Over the course of the last year, we've pushed deadlines back further and further, due to various reasons. We weren't all on the same writing page, necessarily."〔(Pitchfork.com: In the studio with... Menomena )〕 The album was recorded in the same way they've worked on their previous albums, by jamming and recording hundreds of loops spontaneously, using their Deeler software, then piecing together the loops and adding vocals.〔(City Slang: Menomena talk about new album ‘Mines’, give away free single )〕 About the process, Danny Seim added "We made big strides building skeletal song structures, and did a decent job collaborating as the ideas began to take shape. But just when a song became familiar to one of us, the other two members broke it apart again, breaking each others’ hearts along the way. We rerecorded, rebuilt, and ultimately resented each other. And believe it or not, we’re all proud of the results."〔 Harris added "Over the last three years, there's been some just big changes in each one of our lives. That's also a solidifying of ideas of music-- what we think a song should contain, and what it shouldn't. Certainly in this album, it came out more emotional than any previous album has. Lyrics were a big focus for us this time around. It wasn't something we were consciously talking about."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mines (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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