| Garage Hymns | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Empires (band) |
| Cover: | Garage Hymns.jpg |
| Released: | June 12, 2012 |
| Genre: | Alternative |
| Length: | 45:19 |
| Producer: | Empires |
| Prev Title: | Howl |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
Garage Hymns is the second full-length album by American indie-rock band Empires, released in 2012.
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]