The Way the Wind Whips the Water

The first full-length release from Seattle precision-popsters, MINES. An airtight exercise in restraint vs. release, MINES are as propulsive as they are subdued. Multi-instrumentalist songwriters Ron Lewis and Chad Hanson and pianist/drummer Aaron Bolton skip effortlessly across the spectrum from hyperdrive dance pop to heatbreaking piano waltzes in a tight mesh of interlocking melodies. Taking equal cues from the subtle minimalism of Bedhead, the urgency of Unrest and the atmosphere of Eno, the album comes across as a diverse yet coherent statement. "I dare you to find a band as prolific in mixing seemingly unrelated melodies as these guys. It's pop with an edge and without constraints." - Punk Planet. A must-have.