Mines (album)

Mines
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 27, 2010 (2010-07-27)
Genre
Length54:19
LabelBarsuk
City Slang
ProducerMenomena
Menomena chronology
Friend and Foe
(2007)
Mines
(2010)
Moms
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Drowned in Sound[4]
The Guardian[5]
NME[6]
Paste(8.5/10)[7]
Pitchfork Media(8.2/10)[1]
PopMatters(8/10)[8]
Slant Magazine[2]
Spin[9]
Sputnikmusic[10]

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",[11] and the cover art features a picture of a broken sculpture in the woods printed in stereogram.[12]

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at #96.[13]

In April 2010, the band recruited Joe Haege, of fellow Portland bands Tu Fawning and 31knots, as a touring member.[14]

  1. ^ a b Pitchfork Media review
  2. ^ a b Slant Magazine review
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
  5. ^ "Menomena: Mines". The Guardian. 2010-08-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
  6. ^ NME review
  7. ^ Paste review
  8. ^ PopMatters review
  9. ^ Spin review
  10. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  11. ^ Pitchfork.com: Menomena's Harris Talks New Album
  12. ^ Pitchfork.com: New Menomena - Five Little Rooms
  13. ^ US Chart News: 8/5/10[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Portland Mercury: More Menomena News". Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-08-11.