Empty Estate

Empty Estate is an EP by American indie rock act Wild Nothing, released on May 14, 2013 on Captured Tracks in the US and Bella Union in the UK.

Produced by founding member and primary recording artist Jack Tatum, the EP was released nine months after the band's second studio album, Nocturne (2012).

Regarding the release, Jack Tatum stated: "I feel like I’ve accomplished in seven songs, on this EP, what I really wanted to do with Nocturne, which is to find a way to compromise all of the things [I am] musically.

"[1] Regarding the EP's track listing, Tatum noted, "Some of the songs are very poppy but I tried to make them stranger, awkward or weird at certain points.

[3] AllMusic writer Fred Thomas said: "Empty Estate, while every bit as polished (if not more so) than the fancifully recorded Nocturne, sets itself apart by exploring different absent-minded stylistic detours on almost every track.

[...] Ultimately any of these tracks could be the jumping-off point for an entire album's worth of material, and hearing them all together makes for a more interesting presentation.

A trippy black and white photo graced the cover of Gemini, a teal and peach design on Nocturne, and this EP is dressed exactly how it sounds: a little more vibrant and a little more stoned.

"[7] Paste''s Mack Hayden noted, "It’s no Nocturne or Gemini, but Tatum still proves to be a visionary consistent in his trajectory of progressing confidence.