- Holding Patterns
Infobox Album
Name = Holding Patterns
Type = EP
Artist = +/-
Caption = Japanese cover
Released =April 15 ,2003 (US )October 8 ,2003 (Japan )
Recorded = Stratosphere Sound and Union Square,NYC
Genre =Alternative rock ,Indie rock
Length =
Label = TeenBeat, White Wabbit, &
Producer =James Baluyut
Reviews =
*"Pitchfork Media " (US) (7.5/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20931-holding-patterns-ep link]
*"Allmusic " (US) Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3zfuxqtald6e link]
Last album = "Self-Titled Long-Playing Debut Album "
(2002)
This album = "Holding Patterns"
(2003)
Next album = "You Are Here"
(2003)"Holding Patterns" was the first release from +/- after it had expanded to a touring band. This was also the first major release from the group to feature songwriting and lead vocals by
Patrick Ramos . Pitchfork Media's [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20931-holding-patterns-ep review] of theEP coined the term "lap-rock" to describe its marriage of electronic production andindie rock . It was released in a modified version in Japan, and the US version of the EP was packaged with the band's subsequent album You Are Here inTaiwan .Track listing
US version
#"I've Been Lost" – 4:00
#"Trapped Under Ice Floes" – 5:26
#"Far into the Fields" – 2:47
#"You've Just Got It All" – 4:25
#"Making the Horse Drink" – 3:18Japanese version
#"I've Been Lost"
#"Trapped Under Ice Floes"
#"Summerlong"
#"You've Just Got It All"
#"Making the Horse Drink"
#"If I Am Charming"External links
* [http://www.andrecords.jp/catalog/001/ Page for the EP at & Records (in Japanese)]
* [http://www.plusmin.us/discography.php +/- official discography]Category:+/- albums
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