ミシガンのエモーショナル・ロックバンド"Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)"による究極編集盤!現在は入手困難とのことである多くのカセット / 7inch / CDから未発表曲まで出し惜しみなく放出されてしまっている18曲収録!
90年代の人間臭く儚く感情的なサウンドを思い起こす絶妙な流れ!懐かしい!しかしながら、現在も活動している幸せ!mineral / The Gloria Record / Christie Front Drive / buddhistson / whence he cameなどが好きな方は必聴でお願いします!そしてCOUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS周辺を掘り下げましょ!
(レーベルインフォより抜粋!) US/ミシガンのKeith Latinen率いるエモーショナルギターバンド、Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)の既に入手困難になっている音源多数のシングルス+レアトラックス。現存バンドながら90'sエモバンドの多くに在った商業臭の無い人間味溢れる不完全なギターロックの再現は彼らを中心にエモリヴァイバルムーブメントを呼び起こしており、繊細で内向するサウンドタイプ、アルバム以外の音源にも惜しげもなく多くの名曲を投下するDIYインディーロックの特性、なによりも無心で曲に聴き浸ってしまう魅力こそバンドのスペックの高さを物語っている。18曲/70分以上収録の現時点のバンドを総括し得る名曲集。
[Track List] 01. Our Love Has Made Us Pariahs 02. You Have To Believe That Life Is More Than The Sum Of It's Parts, Kiddo 03. Lilly, I Have Something Important To Tell You 04. They Will Throw Us To The Wolves 05. K.O. K.O. (The Most Of My Worries Are The Least Of Your Concerns) 06. Year Of The Rabbit 07. idk, my bff jill 08. How To Stay Afloat In A Sea Of Change 09. I knew this because as I drove, the hole that was me and my life was getting smaller and smaller and was being filled with New Hampshire, or maybe it was the idea of New Hampshire, but who cares, as long as it was filling up the hole. 10. Jacob's Song 11. So How Many Points Do You Have ‘Till You Gain, You Know, the Ultimate Power? 12. It Was Your Heart That Saved You 13. Archival Footage 14. Documenting Thirty Days 15. If We Had Found You Any Later, You Would Have Drowned 16. What Had Taken Years to Put Together Was Destroyed in One Moment 17. Actually, I'm Just Wearing Your Glasses 18. Girls Will Not Frighten the Frost from the Grave
01-05 / from “When the Sea Became a Giant” CD 06, 07 / from “Year of the Rabbit” 7” 08 / from “Summer Tour EP 2009” CD 09 / from “Early Discography” CASETTE 10 / from “VA - Title It Yourself” CASETTE 11, 12, 13 & 17 / bonus tracks from “What It Takes to Move Forward” CD/VINYL/CASETTE 14 / from our split with Football, etc. 7" 15 / from split with Into It. Over It. 7" 16 / from SXSW Promo 7” 18 / previously unreleased