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If This is Sadness, I Don't Like It One Bit

from Then the Lightness Leaves and I Become Heavy Again by Mt. Oriander

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    If you love something, let it go. If it comes back, it was meant to be. In 2016, frontman Keith Latinen quit nearly everything music related by dissolving his band Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) after a decade of constant writing and touring. Little by little, the desire to write again trickled though until it finally came flooding back. Latinen picked himself up and began to pour his heart into something new.

    The end result is the debut solo full length "Then the Lightness Leaves and I Become Heavy Again". While the album bears Latinen's hallmark sounds- chimey guitars, intimate drumming, and confessional vocals, it also lauds a more nuanced approach to songwriting. Each song feels like an open book, a new entry that shows life goes on no matter how bad the losses.

    Latinen plays guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, and sings, but is joined by a large cast of friends who lent their talents: Matt Hull, Brandon Lutmer, Warren Franklin, Mat Halliday, Andrew Stefano, Cathy Latinen, Colleen Dow, Ana Hughes Perez, Ben Hendricks, Brian Carley, Nick Kwas, Elliot Green, and Jacob West.

    "Then the Lightness Leaves and I Become Heavy Again" comes out digitally and on vinyl 10/21.

    'This Is Not the Way I Wanted You to Find Out' is the debut of the long awaited solo project from Empire! Empire! front man, Keith Latinen. The title is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that the EP was written and recorded in a little over a month in preparation for the band's first tour and will come out before the LP that was written and recorded over the past few years.

    Latinen plays every note and sings every word. Somber vocals stretch over beautiful and sparse guitar work and introspective drums. If you liked his previous bands, or his current one, Parting- you're going to love this. For fans of Death Cab for Cute, Jimmy Eat World, and Mineral.

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lyrics

I feel the snow snap underneath my weight,
a series of footsteps in an otherwise unbroken canvas of white
as light from buildings pours out
over plump flakes of snow,
throwing colors into the night sky like fireworks

I stop to catch my breath

The air is still and I can hear every single move I make,
as though I am the Grand Marshal of a holiday parade
crashing down busy streets, heralding a jungle of noise so dense
that you can't even think

Now stationary, I hear nothing
Unmoving, thoughts move in
like, "Did I just waste another year
without getting anything done?"
or "How long until I feel a sense of purpose again?"

Suddenly, I am afraid to turn around,
as though my failures have taken shape

Snow continues to fall

A car passes by and the spell is broken

I turn around and see nothing

It's getting colder so I start moving again
Christmas lights warm a window I pass by,
and it makes me feel homesick

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from Then the Lightness Leaves and I Become Heavy Again, released October 21, 2022

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Mt. Oriander is Keith Latinen! He used to play in Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) and he plays in Parting now.

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