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Midwestern Minutes is Defiance, Ohio's fourth full-length album. It is available for free on the band's website.[1] 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.

Midwestern Minutes
Studio album by Defiance, Ohio
Released	July 6, 2010
Recorded	March/April, 2010, 2009
Genre	Folk punk
Length	27:42
Label	No Idea Records
Producer	Mike Bridavsky, Defiance, Ohio
Defiance, Ohio chronology
The Fear, The Fear, The Fear (2007) Midwestern Minutes (2010) The Calling (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Punknews.org	link
Sputnik Music	link

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.[2]

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".[3] 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.[4][5]

Track listing

Credits

Music

• Theo Hilton - drums, guitar, piano, vocals
• Geoff Hing - guitar, vocals
• Sherri Miller - banjo, cello, vocals
• Will Staler - drums, guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Ryan Woods - bass, upright bass, vocals

Production

• Mike Bridavsky - engineer, mastering, mixing
• Defiance, Ohio - producer
• Keith McGraw - assistant engineer

References

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