| Empty Country — the project of musician Joseph D'Agostino (Cymbals Eat Guitars) — returns with the release of their sophomore LP, Empty Country II, out now on Get Better Records (US) / Tough Love Records (UK). In anticipation of Empty Country II, D'Agostino shared a handful of singles including: "Pearl" (which also came with a music video edited and shot by Zoë Browne and an additional audio story from D'Agostino himself entitled "Basilisk, or: Pearl Practices Guitar and Hallucinates the Future"), "Erlking" (a vivid thesis statement on America’s unraveling in a sea of gun violence and political corruption), "David" (an intricately layered and stellar tribute to his friend and mentor David Berman of Silver Jews), and "Dustine" (on which he paints a vivid picture of tattered, suburban waste in the southwesternmost extreme of Virginia via hazy guitar lines and a tangled mess of delay pedal oscillation).
In continued celebration of the LP's release today, D'Agostino shares one last single, "Syd." On the track, he wrote: "'Syd' is about being emotionally abused by a person who 'remembers it differently.' In the Empty Country universe, Syd is Pearl’s ex."
To celebrate the new LP, Empty Country will additionally perform at the new Knitting Factory at Baker Falls in New York tonight, Friday November 3. This performance will be followed by a gig at Oslo Hackney in London on Tuesday November 21. Find tickets and more information HERE. The full-length Empty Country II is out now via Get Better Records (US) / Tough Love Records (UK). | 
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