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Unwound: Empire

by Unwound

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Data 03:31
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Laugh Track 03:13
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NO TECH! 01:42
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Look a Ghost 03:04
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December 04:03
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Treachery 04:17
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Terminus 09:40
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Scarlette 04:45
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Radio Gra 05:57
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Who Cares 02:44
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Mile Me Deaf 02:23
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Solo Sonata 03:02
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Laszlo 04:54
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Torch Song 03:59
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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 graceful transition from post-hardcore trio to experimental quintet. The mammoth double album was lost in the chaos of a post-9/11 media, baffling onlookers and exhilirating fans in successive breaths before it fell far out of print. At their reinvention and terminus, Unwound ultimately asked “Who Cares”? The Empire box-set teems with period singles, B-sides, unreleased studio tracks, and demos, alongside a 15,000-word essay exploring the terminal stages of the '90s, indie rock, Unwound, and civilization as we know it.

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released September 4, 2015

2015, 2015 Numero Group

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