Nathan Burke's (ex Frodus) experimental solo effort. The new album, "Pierce the Empire With a Sound," features 10 new tracks and guest appearances from Dustin Kensrue (Thrice), Sean Ingram (Coalesce), Rachel Burke (Beauty Pill), Teppei Teranishi (Thrice), and a bunch of other talented folks (from bands like Haram, Roadside Monument, The Epochs, etc).

These days we have everything at our fingertips--whatever we want, whenever we want it. In a society of immediacy, few things actually seem worth the wait. One might deduce that, indeed, no record is worth a 5 year wait, but that’s where you might be mistaken.

Five years, and one relocation (from D.C. to Seattle) later, The Out-Circuit’s follow up record to 2003’s critically acclaimed Burn Your Scripts, Boys, is finally upon us. And Pierce The Empire With A Sound is well worth the wait.

The album boasts 10 tracks, each one different from the next, but all held together by one commonality—beauty. Whether the music is lulling you to dreamland or tantalizing your adrenaline, it’s gorgeous. It’s like listening to the sound of the space inside you that you’re too afraid to share. In that way, the music is intimate.

Frontman and mastermind, Nathan Burke, holds to the bracing-yet-beautiful instrumental melodies that he’s know for, but builds on those, positioning them opposite a heavier sound actualized by occasionally screamy vocals and a driving rhythm section. Collaborations with Dustin Kensrue of Thrice, Sean Ingramof Coalesce, Rachel Burke of Beauty Pill, as well as members of Roadside Monument, The Epochs, Haram, and more are only appropriate here.

Pierce the Empire With A Sound was mixed in September/October of 2007 by Teppei Teranishiof Thrice at his studio in Orange, CA. The record is currently available at lujorecords.com, and will be available worldwide in February of 2008. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.