Count Your Lucky Stars has set a release date of Oct. 21for the upcoming Mt. Oriander album, Then the Lightness Leaves and I Become Heavy Again. Mt. Oriander comes from Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)'s front person Keith Latinen. While led by Latinen, the project includes a full backing band and picks up where he left off in 2016, but with a more personal element.
In addition to Latinen, who plays guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, and sings, guest musicians include: Matt Hull, Brandon Lutmer, Warren Franklin, Mat Halliday, Andrew Stefano, Cathy Latinen, Colleen Dow, Ana Hughes Perez, Ben Hendricks, Brian Carley, Nick Kwas, Elliot Green, and Jacob West.
The label also released Stargazing by Expert Timing today, Sept. 23.
Track Listing:
1. The Dark Parts of the Map Are Places You Have Not Yet Visited
2. What We Have is You
3. We Measure Our Distance in Time
4. If This is Sadness, I Don't Like It One Bit
5. A Drawing of a Bird that You Have Never Seen Before
6. We Should Get Out of Here Before Something Goes Terribly Wrong!
7. You Were Part of Me Before We Came Here
8. If Only Something Would Go Right for a Change
9. Rare Frog Coin
10. Lilliput Steps
11. We Are Not in This Alone
12. You Don't Have to Keep Trying Anymore