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Active Listening: Night on Earth

by empath

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rbrow02y Got to see the band live this year, opening for Future Islands and Modest Mouse, and went in completely blind and being unfamiliar with their work, and left as a fan. I recommend catching a live show with them anytime you are able. Favorite track: Soft Shape.
Steven Moses
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Steven Moses Joy that eviscerates. The songs, at their core, are jubilant, but the sounds and performances turn up the saturation to uncanny levels. I feel like this shouldn't work. In fact, half the time, I feel like it doesn't. But it is hypnotizing and no one else sounds like this, and I love it. Favorite track: Pure Intent.
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guska2 What a hilarious, loud, no-holds-barred sound! It's like they invented music just 5 minutes ago and it sounds wonderful. Favorite track: Roses That Cry.
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1.
Soft Shape 03:00
Even though memories feel more like life than what I feel here alone in a crowd where faces melt away in the rain we’re not as similar as i once thought we were and who knew that would be so satisfying I give up keeping track of my will versus chance no matter what sometimes our bodies disappear i want to be weightless but not empty of all this and who knew that would be so satisfying I want to be faithful but not rid of myself and who knew that would be so terrifying
2.
Pure Intent 04:10
Don’t want to wake up scared in the morning all thoughts return to me lost in the scent of my own hair i think it’s good to be submissive i think it’s alright i believe in the hype outraged light fills the air i think today is the day pure intent is a real place and everything becomes so hazy baby i think it could be made up kind of like smearing all my makeup but i still reach for a glass of water i reach for the light i am lying where i left myself i am smiling so wide
3.
Hanging out of cars on the freeway desire ends in death another weekend and I know it won’t be long now I know it won’t be long hanging out of cars water beating onto your face like you’ve seen on tv that’s how I know it won’t be long the lights go out along Berks St flying into darkness no land to land in where I take you is where I take myself an empty space is the most I’ve ever felt
4.
Hip to the dark place you will find a few cool ones that read the lines they say everything’s aging all the time together out of the clutter comes your life clumsy and bare nowhere to hide don’t waste your time judging kindness hip to the way you feel now hip to this exercise in love we say hell is forever and way the cost is this it i think this is the beginning are you coming around you’d like to but you don’t know how remember when that tree fell on your car glass spilled all over the yard hip to the lookalikes whispering at you from the side they say this space they occupy is real style this is the end of the beginning are you coming around you’d like to but you don’t know how remember that trip to the beach an eclipse age 23 hip to the deep place you will find a few cool ones that read the lines they everything’s aging in the dark together
5.
Rowing 02:17
I threw it all into the wind and abandoned that island I felt my suspended ambition along its rough edges because I knew I couldn’t let it go and if I breathe the breath of life into the mouth of contempt will I still row the awful rowing toward God I felt the air on my face cold down the back of my neck which never before felt natural I never cared what things were really like
6.
Heaven 00:57
Only looking lonely I won’t be I want to make a good decision I’ll be awake with an offering I want to trust my intuition I feel the heat from the tv long after you’ve gone to sleep I just want get to heaven will you light a candle for me I have no secrets to keep I just want to get to heaven
7.
IV 03:21
8.
Decor 02:27
Feel you near me sidewalk heat everyone’s out toss my glance aside deep down nothing changes where you’ve been far out nothing changes where you’ve been repetition isolation meet me in the kitchen nothing changes where you’ve been when I end up wearing you out be there when I dig it out nothing changes where you’ve been
9.
Rodeo Fever 03:50
Even at my best when all the texts are sent I won’t let it ride I can’t leave it won’t let it be alright meet me in the night I don’t have a plan so lend me a wounded hand something I should’ve said escapes me again say a little prayer it’s the most that I can bare when all I have left to claim is the experience I want to dream deeper like rodeo fever you act so eager for an underachiever I am not a keeper and I’ll never be neither I want to dream f e v e r

about

Empath goes far beyond the sound of birds faintly chirping. They’re a band that writes songs like communing with nature, bringing all their fuzzed and tripped out idiosyncrasies into harmony. Empath began in 2016 when Garrett Koloski, Emily "Jem" Shanahan, and Catherine Elicson moved into a house in West Philadelphia together, with Randall Coon joining shortly after. Even with the simple vision to shred, there’s a natural sensitivity in the way Empath communicates. Between the contrast of Elicson’s lush, almost delicate vocals, Koloski’s boisterous drumming, and the half-harmonious wash of guitar and Shanahan and Coon’s synths, Empath equips us with a healthy dose of emotional repose.

The noise punk band broke onto the national scene with the release of 'Liberating Guilt and Fear' EP with renowned DIY Philly punk label Get Better Records in 2018 which drew praise from Pitchfork, NPR, FADER, Rolling Stone and more, being compared to acts such as Broken Social Scene, Sonic Youth, Times New Viking, New Age and Priests. The lead single “The Eye” was deemed “Best New Track” by Pitchfork and Empath was tagged as a rising artist in the US indie music scene.

Over the course of 2019 Empath cemented themselves as one of the buzziest emerging bands in indie music, being heralded as “America’s most inventive young psychedelic band” by Rolling Stone Magazine. They also garnered more support from Pitchfork, FADER, Stereogum, NPR and more around “Soft Shape” and “Hanging Out of Cars,” the two standout singles from 'Active Listening: Night on Earth' LP. Their last single “Roses That Cry” received the “Best New Track” title from Pitchfork. Upon releasing the debut LP it received rave reviews from the top music publications in the world; being called “a noise pop gem” and given a 3.5/5 stars by Rolling Stone Magazine and receiving an 8.0 from Pitchfork.

After cultivating great success at the grass roots level Empath is ready to take the next step into their meteoritic rise with indie taste-maker Fat Possum Records. With the new global support of Fat Possum Records, Empath will be reissuing both 'Active Listening: Night on Earth' LP and 'Liberating Guilt and Fear' EP as a special edition dual-release with Get Better Records and taking to the road both in North America and overseas!

credits

released May 3, 2019

Catherine Elicson: Vocals and Guitar
Emily Shanahan: Keys
Randall Coon: Keys
Garrett Koloski: Drums

Recorded and mixed by Shaun Sutkus at Walter Schreifels's house in North Branch, NY

Mastered by Clay Jones at Pete’s Room, Oxford, MS

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