Infinity Overhead
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{{Infobox album
| name = Infinity Overhead
| type = studio
| artist = Minus the Bear
| cover = MinusTheBearInfinityOverhead.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2012|8|28}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Math rock, experimental rock, progressive rock
| length = 41:19
| label = Dangerbird
Big Scary Monsters (UK)
| producer = Matt Bayles, Minus The Bear
| prev_title = Omni
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Acoustics II
| next_year = 2013
}}
Infinity Overhead is the fifth full-length album from Minus the Bear, released on August 28, 2012. It is their second album to be released on Dangerbird Records and was produced by the band's former keyboardist, Matt Bayles.{{cite web|url=http://dangerbirdrecords.com/news/entry/minus-the-bear-infinity-overhead-coming-august-28|title=Minus the Bear Infinity Overhead Coming August 28th on Dangerbird Records|date=June 21, 2012|accessdate=June 21, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117183917/http://dangerbirdrecords.com/news/entry/minus-the-bear-infinity-overhead-coming-august-28|archivedate=January 17, 2013}} The album was also released in the UK by Big Scary Monsters Recording Company in September.{{cite web|url=http://www.bsmrocks.com/news.php?id=73|title=Big Scary Monsters Welcomes Minus the Bear|date=July 10, 2012|accessdate=July 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235954/http://www.bsmrocks.com/news.php?id=73|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}
It is their last album with drummer Erin Tate, who left the band in January 2015.
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0001972397/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=Infinity Overhead Review|publisher=Allmusic}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| rev2 = Alternative Press
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/minus_the_bear_infinity_overhead|title=Reviews - Minus the Bear - Infinity Overhead|publisher=Alternative Press|date=August 28, 2012|accessdate=October 9, 2012}}
| rev3 = Kerrang!
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/infinity-overhead/minus-the-bear/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for Infinity Overhead - Metacritic|publisher=Metacritic|date=September 22, 2012|accessdate=November 3, 2012}}
|rev4 = Rock Sound
|rev4Score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/minus-the-bear-infinity-overhead|title=Minus the Bear - Infinity Overhead|publisher=Rock Sound|date=August 14, 2012|accessdate=November 17, 2012|archive-date=October 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003004351/http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/minus-the-bear-infinity-overhead|url-status=dead}}
|rev5=Under The Gun Review
}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| title1 = Steel and Blood
| length1 = 3:49
| title2 = Lies and Eyes
| length2 = 4:01
| title3 = Diamond Lightning
| length3 = 5:00
| title4 = Toska
| length4 = 4:31
| title5 = Listing
| length5 = 3:35
| title6 = Heaven Is a Ghost Town
| length6 = 4:49
| title7 = Empty Party Rooms
| length7 = 3:43
| title8 = Zeros
| length8 = 3:30
| title9 = Lonely Gun
| length9 = 3:45
| title10 = Cold Company
| length10 = 5:06
}}
Personnel
=Minus the Bear=
- Jake Snider - Lead vocals, Guitar
- Dave Knudson - Guitar, Omnichord
- Erin Tate - Drums
- Cory Murchy - Bass
- Alex Rose - Keyboards, Vocals, Saxophone
=Production=
- Produced by Matt Bayles and Minus The Bear
- Assisted by Derek Moree and Stephen Hogan
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman
References
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