Garage Hymns

Garage Hymns is the second full-length album by American indie-rock band Empires, released in 2012.

Garage Hymns
Studio album by
Empires (band)
ReleasedJune 12, 2012
GenreAlternative
Length45:19
ProducerEmpires
Empires (band) chronology
Howl
(2008)		 Garage Hymns
(2012)

Reception

Consequence of Sound called Garage Hymns "...Springsteen-esque classic rock earnestness as well as The Gaslight Anthem and The Killers in their best moments.".[1]

RedEye stated that the "explosive 'Hell’s Heroes,' unveiled when Empires landed in the final four in Rolling Stone’s competition to land an unsigned band on its cover, demands a big venue from which to soar.".[2]

The Phoenix wrote "Sean Van Vleet's voice brims with determined grit and a starry-eyed upper register — half Brian Fallon warble, half Eddie Vedder exuberance— while guitarists Tom Conrad and Max Steger bash out riffs informed by punk velocity, post-punk darkness, and a bar band's reckless abandon.".[3]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Can't Steal Your Heart Away"3:21
2."Keep It Steady"3:32
3."Hell's Heroes"3:38
4."Night Is Young"3:44
5."Runaway"3:34
6."Shame"4:10
7."Surrenderer"3:42
8."Hard Times"4:22
9."We Lost Magic"4:00
10."Hitchhiker"3:26
11."Lord Have Mercy"4:30

Personnel
  • Words by Sean Van Vleet
  • Music by Empires
  • Produced, engineered & mixed by Max Steger
  • Recorded at Thunderdome Studios, Chicago, IL
  • Production Assistance and additional keyboards by Wil Masisak
  • Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering
  • Boston, MA. Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice
  • Artwork & photography by Tom Conrad

References
  1. "Album Review: Empires – Garage Hymns". Consequence of Sound.Last accessed September 5, 2012.
  2. "Album review: Empires, Garage Hymns". RedEye.Last accessed September 7, 2012.
  3. "Empires Garage Hymns". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18.Last accessed September 7, 2012.
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