Label: Numero 

Released 2015

The climactic entry in Numero Group's 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.

Track Listing:

1. Data
   
2. Laugh Track
3. Meet the Plastics
4. The World Is Flat
5. Sonata for Loudspeakers
6. No Tech!
7. Side Effects of Being Tired
8. Lifetime Achievement Award
9. What Went Wrong
10. We Invent You
11. Look a Ghost
12. December
13. Treachery
14. Terminus
15. Demons Sing Love Songs
16. Off This Century
17. One Lick Less
18. Scarlette
19. October All Over
20. Summer Freeze
21. Radio Gra
22. Below the Salt
23. Who Cares
24. Mile Me Deaf
25. The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train
26. Solo Sonata
27. XLNT
28. Laszlo
29. Torch Song
30. Meet the Plastics
31. The World Is Flat
32. Empire