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Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mineral, Dikembe and American Football. Those roots explain a lot about how Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Snowing, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, Algernon Cadwallader, The Hotelier and Glocca Morra, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), reaching back through Mineral. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Empire! Empire! was an American emo band from Michigan. It was formed in 2006 originally as a solo project of band member Keith Latinen. The band's music is most often described as emotional indie rock reminiscent of 1990s emo bands such as Mineral and American Football. The band's first release was in 2007 with an EP titled When The Sea Became A Giant. The band released a full-length album, What It Takes To Move Forward, in 2009. The band is signed to Count Your Lucky Stars Records and has released albums on a number of other labels, such as strictly no capital letters (UK), Topshelf Records, Stiff Slack (Japan), and Hobbledehoy Record Co (Australia). The band released their second album You Will Eventually Be Forgotten on August 19, 2014. On February 16, 2016, the band announced their final tour before their breakup on their official Facebook page.
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Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) connections
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) grew out of Mineral, Dikembe and American Football, shares an orbit with Snowing, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, Algernon Cadwallader and The Hotelier. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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