2015年Count Your Lucky Stars Recordsリリース
アメリカ、ミシガン州フェントン出身のインディーロック/エモ・リヴァイヴァルバンドEmpire! Empire! (I was a Lonely Estate)の1stアルバムが5年ぶりに再発!ここ最近INTO IT. OVER IT., MODERN BASEBALL, YOU BLEW IT!, THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE & I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIEと並びブレイクしたバンドのひとつで、DEATH CAB FOR CUTIEを始めとするインディー・ロックからAMERICAN FOOTBALLやMINERAL等90'sエモファンに響く静と動からのダイナミックに展開する楽曲とエモーショナルなヴォーカルが絶妙に絡み合う美しいサウンド。2枚組カラーヴァイナル仕様!
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Track Listing //
01. How To Make Love Stay
02. Keep What You Have Built Up Here
03. What Safe Means
04. It Happened Because You Left
05. Rally The Troops! Poke Holes In Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins!
06. It's A Plague, And You're Invited
07. Everything Is Connected And Everything Matters (A Temporary Solution To A Permanent Problem)
08. The Next Step To Regaining Control
09. With Your Greatest Fears Realized, You Will Not Be Comforted
10. I Am A Snail, And You Are A Pace I Cannot Match
11. An Idea Is A Greater Monument Than A Cathedral
12. Archival Footage (bonus track)
13. It Was Your Heart That Saved You (bonus track)
14. So How Many Points Do You Have 'Till You Gain, You Know, The Ultimate Power? (bonus track)
15. Actually, I'm Just Wearing Your Glasses (bonus track)
RIYL: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, AMERICAN FOOTBALL, MINERAL