O Pioneers!!! didn’t break-up, they re-booted. By the time the Texas band ended in 2011 it had gained a reputation for being a revolving door of musicians, and that final line-up saw its sole constant—founder and chief songwriter Eric Solomon—backed by the bulk of Tampa punk band New Bruises. This final iteration proved to be something special, and though O Pioneers!!! came to an end, it was only to see that same line-up spring to life months later under the moniker Tiny Empires. The band released a single song—a nearly-nine-minute epic—on a split with Scranton’s Tigers Jaw in 2012, and though the band quickly fell silent, it was all in service of what would become its debut album, Weird Headspace.