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)
Released	June 12, 2012
Genre	Alternative
Length	45:19
Producer	Empires
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.	Title	Length
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