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- Summary: The latest album for the rock band is the first with John Dawson and Marty Sprowles as its new guitarist and drummer.
- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Positive: 2 out of 5
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Mixed: 3 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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It's less of an issue to find an epochal band among them and more of one to find a band that is consistently a pleasure to listen to in its own right. Well into a decade's worth of performances and recording, Early Day Miners manage that feat again on their sixth album, The Treatment.
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While this is a poppier, more finely polished rendering of their sound, this is also a magnificent culmination of everything Early Day Miners have been working toward and perfecting throughout the duration of their career.
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Under The RadarIn spite of its shortcomings, The Treatment, much like your slacker buddy, is guaranteed to provide a pleasant evening's entertainment. [Fall 2009, p.62]
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The songs have cool, memorable hooks and great guitar textures, but an overarching lack of enthusiasm hurts even their strongest material.
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It's rarely boring, and often full of promise, but it's a direction that calls for further tweaks, experiments, and exploration to get the balance just right.