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Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)

Genre: Alt / Indie, Emo
Origin: U.S.A
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Biography

In 2006 Keith Latinen, who handles vocals, guitar, and songwriting duties, launched Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) as a solo venture intended to restore the fragile, emotionally charged textures associated with earlier emo acts such as Mineral and American Football. Working alongside his wife Cathryn Latinen, the project’s sole permanent guitarist, and a continually shifting lineup of drummers and bassists, he has carefully reconstructed the elaborate, sorrowful mid-’90s aesthetic. Although the band issued a steady stream of split singles and EPs in the years immediately after its formation, the first full-length album, What It Takes to Move Forward, appeared only in 2009; its successor, You Will Eventually Be Forgotten, followed in 2014.

Top Songs

  1. Middle DiscographyArchival FootageMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography1:42
  2. Home After Three Months AwayEverything Rests On Your Small ShouldersHome After Three Months Away · 2011Home After Three Months Away2:22
  3. Middle DiscographyJacob's SongMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography3:13
  4. Documenting Thirty DaysDocumenting Thirty DaysDocumenting Thirty Days · 2009Documenting Thirty Days5:20
  5. If We Had Found You Any Later, You Would Have DrownedIf We Had Found You Any Later, You Would Have DrownedIf We Had Found You Any Later, You Would Have Drowned · 2010If We Had Found You Any Later, You Would Have Drowned4:09
  6. Middle DiscographyGirls Will Not Frighten the Frost from the GraveMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography2:52
  7. Middle DiscographyActually, I'm Just Wearing Your GlassesMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography9:22
  8. Middle DiscographyWhat Had Taken Years to Put Together Was Destroyed in One MomentMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography4:10
  9. Home After Three Months AwayWaterHome After Three Months Away · 2011Home After Three Months Away3:11
  10. Middle DiscographyIt Was Your Heart That Saved YouMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography2:26
  11. Middle DiscographySo How Many Points Do You Have 'till You Gain, You Know, The Ultimate Power?Middle Discography · 2011Middle Discography4:09
  12. Middle DiscographyK.O. K.O. (The Most of My Worries Are the Least of Your Concerns)Middle Discography · 2011Middle Discography5:52
  13. Middle DiscographyOur Love Has Made Us PariahsMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography3:30
  14. Middle DiscographyYou Have to Believe That Life Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts, KiddoMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography2:26
  15. Middle DiscographyLilly, I Have Something Important to Tell YouMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography5:12
  16. Middle DiscographyThey Will Throw Us to the WolvesMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography2:27
  17. Middle DiscographyIdk, My Bff JillMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography4:09
  18. Middle DiscographyI 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 HoleMiddle Discography · 2011Middle Discography2:40
  19. What It Takes to Move ForwardRally the Troops! Poke Holes in Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins!What It Takes to Move Forward · 2009What It Takes to Move Forward4:23
  20. Early DiscographyYear of the RabbitEarly Discography · 2010Early Discography4:50

Albums

What It Takes To Move Forward

What It Takes To Move Forward

2015
What It Takes To Move Forward
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) · Album · 2015
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  1. How to Make Love StayEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:25
  2. Keep What You Have Built Up HereEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)5:09
  3. What Safe MeansEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:02
  4. It Happened Because You LeftEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)8:11
  5. Rally the Troops! Poke Holes in Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins!Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:23
  6. It's a Plague, and You're InvitedEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:10
  7. Everything Is Connected and Everything Matters (a Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem)Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:02
  8. The Next Step to Regaining ControlEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)6:08
  9. With Your Greatest Fears Realized, You Will Not Be ComfortedEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:04
  10. I Am a Snail, and You Are a Pace I Cannot MatchEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)5:16
  11. An Idea Is a Greater Monument Than a CathedralEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)6:50
  12. Archival FootageEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)1:43
  13. It Was Your Heart That Saved YouEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:25
  14. So How Many Points Do You Have 'Till You Gain, You Know, the Ultimate Power?Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:09
  15. Actually, I'm Just Wearing Your GlassesEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)9:22
You Will Eventually Be Forgotten

You Will Eventually Be Forgotten

2014
You Will Eventually Be Forgotten
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) · Album · 2014
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  1. RibbonEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:05
  2. I Was Somewhere Cold, Dark... and LonelyEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:33
  3. We Are People Here. We Are Not NumbersEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:48
  4. A KeepsakeEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:47
  5. You Have to Be So Much Better than You Ever ThoughtEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:58
  6. Stay DividedEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:10
  7. FoxfireEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:17
  8. Things Not Worth FixingEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:25
  9. If It's Bad News, It Can WaitEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:18
  10. It's So Much Darker When a Light Goes Out than It Would Have Been If It Had Never ShoneEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:37
  11. The Promise That Life Can Go on No Matter How Bad Our LossesEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:48
On Time Spent Waiting, or Placing the Weight of the World on the Shoulders of Those You Love the Most

On Time Spent Waiting, or Placing the Weight of the World on the Shoulders of Those You Love the Most

2011
On Time Spent Waiting, or Placing the Weight of the World on the Shoulders of Those You Love the Most
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) · Album · 2011
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  1. The Only One Who Could Ever Reach YouEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:28
  2. Everything Familiar Has Disappeared! The World Looks Brand-new!Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)1:33
  3. When You Are Done Living on Borrowed TimeEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:55
  4. I Would Have Stolen You a Whole OrchestraEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:48
Middle Discography

Middle Discography

2011
Middle Discography
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) · Album · 2011
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  1. Our Love Has Made Us PariahsEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:30
  2. You Have to Believe That Life Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts, KiddoEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:26
  3. Lilly, I Have Something Important to Tell YouEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)5:12
  4. They Will Throw Us to the WolvesEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:27
  5. K.O. K.O. (The Most of My Worries Are the Least of Your Concerns)Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)5:52
  6. Year of the RabbitEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:50
  7. Idk, My Bff JillEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:09
  8. How to Stay Afloat in a Sea of ChangeEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:30
  9. 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 HoleEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:40
  10. Jacob's SongEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:13
  11. So How Many Points Do You Have 'till You Gain, You Know, The Ultimate Power?Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:09
  12. It Was Your Heart That Saved YouEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:26
  13. Archival FootageEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)1:42
  14. Documenting Thirty DaysEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)5:20
  15. If We Had Found You Any Later, You Would Have DrownedEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:09
  16. What Had Taken Years to Put Together Was Destroyed in One MomentEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:10
  17. Actually, I'm Just Wearing Your GlassesEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)9:22
  18. Girls Will Not Frighten the Frost from the GraveEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:52
Early Discography

Early Discography

2010
Early Discography
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) · Album · 2010
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  1. Our Love Has Made Us PariahsEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:30
  2. You Have to Believe That Life Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts, KiddoEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:26
  3. Lilly, I Have Something Important to Tell YouEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)5:12
  4. They Will Throw Us to the WolvesEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:27
  5. K.O. K.O. (The Most of My Worries Are the Least of Your Concerns)Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)5:52
  6. Year of the RabbitEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:50
  7. Idk, My Bff JillEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:09
  8. How to Stay Afloat in a Sea of ChangeEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:30
  9. 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 HoleEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:40
What It Takes to Move Forward

What It Takes to Move Forward

2009
What It Takes to Move Forward
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) · Album · 2009
Play
  1. How to Make Love StayEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:25
  2. Keep What You Have Built Up HereEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)5:09
  3. What Safe MeansEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:02
  4. It Happened Because You LeftEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)8:10
  5. Rally the Troops! Poke Holes in Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins!Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:23
  6. It's a Plague, and You're InvitedEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:12
  7. Everything Is Connected and Everything Matters (a Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem)Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)4:02
  8. The Next Step to Regaining ControlEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)6:08
  9. With Your Greatest Fears Realized, You Will Not Be ComfortedEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:08
  10. I Am a Snail, and You Are a Pace I Cannot MatchEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)5:15
  11. An Idea Is a Greater Monument Than a CathedralEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)6:52
When the Sea Became a Giant

When the Sea Became a Giant

2007
When the Sea Became a Giant
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) · Album · 2007
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  1. Our Love Has Made Us PariahsEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)3:32
  2. You Have to Believe That Life is More Than the Sum of its Parts, KiddoEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:26
  3. Lilly, I Have Something Important to Tell YouEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)5:11
  4. They Will Throw Us to the WolvesEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)2:26
  5. K.O. K.O. (The Most of My Worries Are the Least of Your Concerns)Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)5:51
  6. Make Me Young, Make Me Young, Make Me Young, Make Me YoungEmpire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)1:54

Singles & EPs