"I've got so much to say," sings Up the Empire guitarist Doug Keith on "Last of the Bullets," opener of their new EP Loose Ends. Even outside of its lyrical context, it's not an incorrect statement: this Brooklyn band's strength has always been in its members' disparate musical backgrounds, and in their search for new and unexpected ways to combine those experiences in the course of writing songs. Loose Ends finds the group's lineup pared down to a core trio, translating their ideas to notes, chords, and d...   [ read more ]

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Produced by Up The Empire & Jim Bentley at The Fort in Brooklyn, NY. Mastered by Jon Cohrs and Chris Mcdonald at Spleenless Mastering, Brooklyn, NY. All Songs Up The Empire, except 'Feel The Pain' written by J. Mascis & Dinosaur Jr.

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Larry John McNally is a sophisticated, blues-based singer/songwriter. This album of unrelated songs is "loose ends" collected by McNally as the first non-Leni Stern album on Leni's record label. These two have had a fruitful history of studio collaboration in the past. It is McNally's "Black Guitar" that became a title track to one of Leni's albums. Alternating between sad and dark, there is a tangible longing and melancholy worldview propagated through McNally's album. His ma...   [ read more ]

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