Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) [Archive]

ablueskytragedy

04/08/10, 01:08 PM

CoreyHeat

04/08/10, 04:49 PM

first album is excellent

KillTheHausEnvy

04/08/10, 04:57 PM

Pretty sure Beartrap PR handles their press, which is like an automatic quality stamp for me.

Burn That Shit

04/08/10, 04:57 PM

inb4 hardcore jeff.

Burn_Burn_Burn

04/08/10, 05:58 PM

These guys are incredible.
Reppin' the mitten.

vivatoto56

04/08/10, 06:29 PM

Search function revealed nothing on these guys. Great stuff in the realm of indie/emobutnoonewantstocallitemo/rock.

http://www.myspace.com/empireempireiwasalonelyestate

RIYL Mineral, American Football, etc

Nice genre name.

I remember I listened to these guys a really long time ago and liked it but couldn't find their album anywhere.

Now thanks to the glory of the internet (or better yet, me realizing how to use it) I can listen to them whenever i want.

Year of the Rabbit's gotta be my favorite, such lovely lyrics.

Plutonio

04/08/10, 06:44 PM

I love their recent lp.

WhitestKidUKnow

04/08/10, 06:45 PM

I'm quite into this band.

troubledbyinsects

04/08/10, 07:52 PM

fucking best band

davehennessy

04/08/10, 08:27 PM

Very recently played a show with these guys in Chicago. They played a great set, I definitely like their sound

indietrash

04/09/10, 07:14 AM

haha I posted this: http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1631732 like a day before this thread. the search function is ridiculous. never works for me. there's probably been a lot of threads prior to mine as well. for those of you who haven't heard the band, there are download and buy links in that thread,

georgedcc

04/09/10, 08:01 AM

Good band.

evvandflow

04/09/10, 08:16 AM

based on the RIYL, im gunna have to check this band out hard

SlprLkStrght

04/09/10, 01:32 PM

band needs more recognition.

Kid B

04/09/10, 02:03 PM

My band played opened for band in January, I talked with them all for a while and they were all super nice. We're a local band, and we were playing at a place where only the touring bands are paid, and they gave us a cut of their pay for essentially no reason. Their music is great too.

maxvsmaradona

04/09/10, 02:31 PM

Good band is good.

SlprLkStrght

04/09/10, 04:19 PM

Keith has a great interview about the current state of emo right here.

http://switchboardsessions.blogspot.com/

mymusicismylife

05/08/10, 01:46 PM

I'm seeing these guys in town today, hopefully it'll be good.

maxvsmaradona

09/01/10, 07:32 PM

buuuuumppppppp

summer skin

09/01/10, 07:36 PM

stil my fave from last year.

mymusicismylife

09/01/10, 07:37 PM

Excellent bump. Interviewing them! So stoked. Also stoked for the 7" and tour.

summer skin

09/01/10, 07:38 PM

Excellent bump. Interviewing them! So stoked. Also stoked for the 7" and tour.
any west coast dates?

mymusicismylife

09/01/10, 07:40 PM

any west coast dates?

There were, but they had to scale it back to just the east. West coast fans were very upset.

summer skin

09/01/10, 07:41 PM

There were, but they had to scale it back to just the east. West coast fans were very upset.
fuck this band, they never come down here.

imahoodlum

09/01/10, 07:42 PM

WITTMF was pretty sweet.

mymusicismylife

09/01/10, 07:46 PM

fuck this band, they never come down here.

They promised to come in the next year. For what it's worth.

summer skin

09/01/10, 07:47 PM

They promised to come in the next year. For what it's worth.
if i know anything about music it's that they'll break up right before their west coast tour.

mymusicismylife

09/01/10, 07:55 PM

if i know anything about music it's that they'll break up right before their west coast tour.

Don't say shit like that man, that would be fucking terrible. They still need to get a damn bass player too.

mymusicismylife

09/22/10, 08:52 AM

My interview with Empire! is up. Lot of good info about future plans.

http://nothingsoundsbetter.com/post/1167533753/interview-empire-empire-i-was-a-lonely-estate

mymusicismylife

09/22/10, 05:33 PM

Split 7" with Into It. Over It. up here (http://countyourluckystars.bigcartel.com/product/empire-empire-i-was-a-lonely-estate-into-it-over-it-split-7-preorder), new song streaming here (http://www.myspace.com/empireempireiwasalonelyestate).

Wake Up

09/22/10, 05:40 PM

eh, not too big on the new track

troubledbyinsects

09/22/10, 06:37 PM

New song is really good as expected, i bought the split along with the discography tape and the copy of "When The Sea Became A Giant" they found as well today, overall spent 75 dollars over at the CYLS webstore. best label.

The full song title is "If We Had Found You Any Later, You Would Have Drowned"

mymusicismylife

09/22/10, 07:03 PM

I'll be buying the split and tape tomorrow, along with a few other things most likely. Quite stoked, especially after talking to Keith.

HometownHero

09/25/10, 11:01 PM

I'll be buying the split and tape tomorrow, along with a few other things most likely. Quite stoked, especially after talking to Keith.
Thanks for recommending this to me. I love it thus far.

mymusicismylife

09/25/10, 11:08 PM

Thanks for recommending this to me. I love it thus far.

I try to spread the love of these guys as much as I can.

troubledbyinsects

09/26/10, 06:23 AM

God i can't wait till the split comes in the mail.

tottivillarossi

09/26/10, 07:09 AM

Pretty sure Beartrap PR handles their press, which is like an automatic quality stamp for me.
Agreed. So much love for the bands on Bear Trap.

mymusicismylife

09/26/10, 12:30 PM

So many choices at the CYLS store. Three different colors on the new split, the early demos cassette, posters... how to best spend my money...

troubledbyinsects

09/26/10, 12:50 PM

So many choices at the CYLS store. Three different colors on the new split, the early demos cassette, posters... how to best spend my money...
lol, i dropped 75 bucks in the store and i forgot to add the Joie De Vivre tape and the import in my cart so it would have been more. label is ridiculous, don't even worry about money just get everything.

mymusicismylife

09/26/10, 01:07 PM

lol, i dropped 75 bucks in the store and i forgot to add the Joie De Vivre tape and the import in my cart so it would have been more. label is ridiculous, don't even worry about money just get everything.

I wish I could. I settled for a white copy of the split, one poster, and the tape, but I easily could've gone with all three colors, multiple posters, and another tape. And that's just E!E!, not even the Joie de Vivre et al stuff I wanted to get.

troubledbyinsects

09/26/10, 01:29 PM

I wish I could. I settled for a white copy of the split, one poster, and the tape, but I easily could've gone with all three colors, multiple posters, and another tape. And that's just E!E!, not even the Joie de Vivre et al stuff I wanted to get.
haha yeah, i got all three colors of the split, both colors of the tape, the football, etc. 7", the new mountains for clouds ep and some other stuff.

mymusicismylife

09/26/10, 01:34 PM

haha yeah, i got all three colors of the split, both colors of the tape, the football, etc. 7", the new mountains for clouds ep and some other stuff.

Damn, that is nice. I am quite jealous.

troubledbyinsects

09/26/10, 01:38 PM

Damn, that is nice. I am quite jealous.
yeah, i got pretty lucky as well because they apparently found a copy of the "When The Sea Became A Giant" cd so i bought that for 20 bucks too.

hotsoftlight

11/13/10, 08:53 PM

so much love for this band and their music. keith is such a gnarly dude

troubledbyinsects

03/13/11, 07:38 AM

BUMP because the new song is awesome. free download here: http://countyourluckystars.bandcamp.com/album/empire-empire-sxsw-free-promo-7-download

vivatoto56

03/13/11, 10:21 AM

Yeah, new song is fuckin sweet.

troubledbyinsects

03/13/11, 10:26 AM

they have an awesome new(ish) shirt design that i just snagged too: http://countyourluckystars.bigcartel.com/product/empire-empire-i-was-a-lonely-estate-windy-day-shirt

mymusicismylife

03/13/11, 01:58 PM

As much as I love these guys, not a huge fan of their shirts. That new one is cool though.

troubledbyinsects

06/29/11, 02:17 PM

new EP is unbelievable.

troubledbyinsects

07/06/11, 04:46 AM

new song on the Topshelf sampler. i think it's got the singer from Colossal on it, but i'm not positive that it's him. http://topshelfrecords.org/2011/

maxvsmaradona

09/08/11, 04:45 PM

bumping. because.

troubledbyinsects

09/08/11, 04:50 PM

new EP put up for preorder on topshelf. snagged the bundle.

http://www.topshelfrecords.bigcartel.com/artist/empire-empire-i-was-a-lonely-estate

mymusicismylife

09/08/11, 05:42 PM

Might grab something, even though I'm trying to unload shirts and vinyl.

troubledbyinsects

09/08/11, 05:56 PM

i'm strongly considering buying the new shirt in the near future even though i own 4 of this bands shirts already.

mymusicismylife

09/08/11, 06:09 PM

I'm going to pick up the shirt/7" combo. I don't have any E!E! shirts, and I want at least one copy. Wish i had the cash to burn, but I need to buy podcasting and music making gear.

Coloso

09/08/11, 06:10 PM

best band ever pretty much

timorous_me

04/03/12, 06:42 AM

Stripped Down Session: Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) "The Only One Who Could Ever Reach You" (http://www.punksinvegas.com/?p=7418)

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CheckeredFloors

04/03/12, 06:48 AM

Been having a moment with What it Takes for like the lasts week.

Gone from a top ten record to a top 5.

troubledbyinsects

04/03/12, 09:31 AM

This band <3

timorous_me

04/05/12, 06:48 AM

The sister video to my last one posted above:

Stripped Down Session: Warren Franklin (with Keith Latinen of Empire Empire! on guitar) "Bright Green" (http://www.punksinvegas.com/?p=7446)

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seoway10

04/05/12, 06:58 AM

This really looks better!

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mps

04/26/12, 08:15 AM

Here's a thread some of you guys might enjoy relating to 90's emo music - http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=106988782#post1069 88782