Midwestern Minutes
album by Defiance, Ohio
Midwestern Minutes is Defiance, Ohio's fourth full-length album. It is available for free on the band's website. The album has received considerable airplay in Australia, courtesy of Triple R's Bullying The Jukebox program, for which it topped their 'Best Of 2010' list.
Recording
All of the songs recorded, mixed, and mastered in March and April 2010 at Russian Recording in Bloomington, IN, except "Diamonds Theme Song" and "Everyone Else on the Other Side" which were recorded in 2009 by the Defiance, Ohio.
Critical reception
Midwestern Minutes was met to positive critical acclaim. Darren of punknews.org gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and remarked that the album was "arguably the band's best album to date". Reviewers noted that the album was a departure form the band's rawer punk roots, and that the band has matured into their own unique sound.
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