The climactic entry in our four-set Unwound exploration, Empire compiles the final pair of albums by the Olympia, Washington, trio. On 1998's Challenge For A Civilized Society, the band toyed with conventional verse/chorus form, stacking layers of noise and distraction on top of tightly constructed melodies. They'd abdicate entirely just three years later with 2001's Leaves Turn Inside You, executing a 14-song masterclass in home recording that observed a crucial band in a graceful transition from post-hardcore trio to experimental quintet.
TRACKLIST:
• Data
• Laugh Track
• Meet the Plastics
• The World Is Flat
• Sonata for Loudspeakers
• No Tech!
• Side Effects of Being Tired
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• What Went Wrong
• We Invent You
• Look a Ghost
• December
• Treachery
• Terminus
• Demons Sing Love Songs
• Off This Century
• One Lick Less
• Scarlette
• October All Over
• Summer Freeze
• Radio Gra
• Below the Salt
• Who Cares
• Mile Me Deaf
• The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train
• Solo Sonata
• XLNT
• Laszlo
• Torch Song
• Meet the Plastics
• The World Is Flat
• Empire
Protection
Each record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum anti-dust sleeve.
Packaging
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