Numero Uno have announced a 3 LP Boxset for MINERAL titled "Might As Well Be Here" due out on November 20.

From the label...

The complete Crank!-era recordings of seminal Texas not-emo quartet Mineral are here. Gathered across three LPs are replicas of 1996's The Power of Failing, swan song sophomore effort EndSerenading, plus …And What Remains—a new collection of singles and demos. Nina Corcoran's in-depth notes untangle the complicated history of second wave's avoidant middle brother, all illustrated by dozens of period photographs, flyers, and lyrics in eye-scorching color. Testify.

In 1997, four kids from Texas somehow ended up in meetings with the A&R teams behind Whitney Houston, 2Pac, and Eminem, fighting over a band whose biggest song sounded like a nervous breakdown wrapped in feedback. Their music wasn’t polished catharsis, it was messy and chaotic. Chris Simpson’s voice cracked through songs about shame, faith, love and loneliness, while the band built towering walls of distortion underneath him.
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Before emo really broke into the mainstream, they disbanded leaving behind two albums, a handful of singles, and a reputation that only grew with time. Their debut The Power of Failing remains one of the defining emo records of the time due to the rawness that perfectly matches its emotion. Full of beautiful guitars, aching melodies, and confessional lyrics, Mineral was a band that showed vulnerability could and should be loud.

In 1998 they released EndSerenading, a more reflective collection of songs that were recorded with Mark Trombino before the band broke up. The album traded some of the desperate urgency for atmosphere and restraint, however it still unfolded like a slow-motion emotional collapse. Mineral had agreed to do its next record with Interscope, a record that never happened. Still only in their early twenties, band members moved onto new projects and went their seperate ways.