mesi Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Empire! Empire! is no more... :-( Today we announce our intentions to formally lay rest Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) to rest. We count ourselves lucky and privileged to have been able to do this for an entire decade. We want to thank every band that toured with/ filled in for us, our friends, family, and puppy for support. Thanks to all the labels we conned into releasing our material, Mat Halliday of Studio Minx for recording like 80% of our catalog, and anyone else that helped along the way. Thanks to all the people who let us play at their house, school/venue/ art space and let us sleep on their floor. Thanks for writing to American Airlines on our behalf when they destroyed Keith’s guitar or for donating to us to help get another van when a drunk driver plowed into it and our house. But most of all, thank you for listening, coming to shows, and being a part of our lives. We weren’t the best record keepers, so we’re unsure of how many shows we played, but it was a pretty high number (easily over 500) including 30 tours, and playing in 18 countries, as well as the contiguous US (sorry Alaska/Hawaii). We released 66 songs, spanning 23 releases (2 LPs, 6 EPs, 12 splits, 2 discographies, a compilation, as well as a graphic novel). In total, we had 6 bassists, 4 drummers, and even a third guitarist for a minute. In 2011, we (mostly) stopped looking for members, and just borrowed our friends to fill in the missing parts- usually the band we were on tour with. We borrowed members from at least 15 different bands. Every time you saw us, you got to guess who was going to be on stage! We’re going on one last tour in April with some of our BFFs @warrenfranklinband, and we’d love for you to come out and see us off. These are it, there will not be anymore. If you miss these, forever hold your peace. 4/15 Cleveland, OH@ Mahalls: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1094961 4/16 Pittsburgh, PA- Broken World Fest: https://www.facebook.com/events/203916639957336/ 4/17 Philadelphia, PA @ the Fire: http://tktwb.tw/1Wov9IJ 4/18 Boston, MA @ Great Scott: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0100504CD2068A49?brand=greatscott 4/19 New Haven, CT @ Lyric Hall: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1093207 4/20 New York, NY @ Shea Stadium: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1088777?utm_medium=bks 4/21 Montclair, NJ @ Old Mogule Theatre: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/empire-empire-i-was-a-lonely-estate-warren-franklin-the-founding-fathers-hodera-fire-is-motion-tickets-21676076729 4/22 Washington, D.C. @ Song Bryd: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1094965?utm_medium=bks 4/23 Athens, OH- Lobster Fest: https://www.facebook.com/events/210759249275229/ 4/24 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1096711 Our last show will be at our favorite venue ever, in Flint, Michigan at the Flint Local 432 on May 7th with a bunch of friends. 5/7 Flint, MI @ Flint Local 432: https://squareup.com/store/flint-local-432-store Thanks again for everything. Really hope to see you one last time at one of these shows! xoxo Keith, Cathy, Gooey 2006-2016 P.S. All of stuff will be free/pay-what-you-want at our Bandcamp for probably forever: https://empireempire.bandcamp.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladewillisisdead Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Empire! Empire! is no more... :-( Whaaaaaat? Nooooooooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowty Dollaz Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesi Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Whaaaaaat? Nooooooooo Yeah, unfortunately. I edited my post with more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheriver Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 This sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poweredbytrust Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 one of the bands that got me into the genre, and, with their abundance of frequently cool releases, into collecting vinyl. It's so sad to see them go, but I suppose Kathy and Keith are still fine and they are doing this not because they hate each other or whatever. So I think it's a good way to go and everyone of you over there who is able to see them one last time should go and do so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballisticgoat Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 God damn it, but I can't say that I didn't feel like this was coming. Gonna try to make it out to the Chicago date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Hopefully leads to other cool projects. poweredbytrust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 This makes me really sad . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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