Mt. Oriander - Then The Lightness Leaves And I Become Heavy Again - ORANGE

Mt. Oriander - Then The Lightness Leaves And I Become Heavy Again - ORANGEIf 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

or perhaps because of

It's not 'hey you're dead

Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap

but the final product is part and parcel with the original project - a unique document of a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration

these two great travelers love to express their love for different cultures through their creation

that's cool

" "I Feel Fine

We're so connected

and addiction

drums like a China cabinet tumbling down a flight of stairs

" and "Let Love In

driving rhythms