Early Day Miners (EDM) is an ambient, post-rock unit from Bloomington, Indiana. The core of this musical collective includes Ativin's Dan Burton and Rory Leitch, along with their mutual friend Joe Brumley.
In 2002, the band collaborated with Unwed Sailor to release the Stateless EP as an accompaniment to a short movie by filmmaker Chris Bennett.
The collective's third full-length 2003 release, Jefferson At Rest, had Burton sharing engineering duties with several prominent independent artists, including Cheree Jetton (The Pilot Ships, Bees Are Black) and David Pajo (Slint, Papa M).

Ambientowy post rock z Indiany, stanu twardych ludzi i kukurydzy. Muzyka EDM nie jest jednak twarda jak potomkowie kowbojów, nie można też połamać sobie na niej zębów jak na niedogotowanej, żółtej kolbie. Trzon grupy stanowią Daniel Burton, Rory Leitch (obaj z Ativin) i Joseph Brumley, a dźwięki jakie produkują to melancholijnie kołyszące ballady z harmonijką, gitarą, tamburynem i wokalem.