Hymn and Her

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Hymn and Her
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1, 2008
RecordedThe Ship Studios, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California
Genre Indie rock
Length42:23
Label Major Domo Records
Shout! Factory
Producer Aaron Espinoza, Ariana Murray, Andrew Lynch (singer-songwriter)
Earlimart chronology
Mentor Tormentor
(2007)
Hymn and Her
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) [2]
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Hymn and Her is the sixth album by American indie rock band Earlimart. It was announced in March by Aaron Espinoza, [4] and was released in the US on July 1, 2008 via Major Domo Records and Shout! Factory, and a day later in Japan, via Youth Records.

Allmusic awarded the album with 4 out of 5 stars, and stated that Hymn and Her "...sounds intimate, as if the bandmates have discovered how to funnel their densely populated songs into warm, mellow washes of sound." [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Espinoza and Murray.

  1. "Song For" - 2:32
  2. "Face Down in the Right Town" - 4:49
  3. "Before It Gets Better" - 4:25
  4. "For the Birds" - 3:19
  5. "God Loves You the Best" - 4:04
  6. "Great Heron Gates" - 3:47
  7. "Cigarettes and Kerosene" - 2:59
  8. "Teeth" - 4:31
  9. "Time for Yourself" - 3:56
  10. "Hymn and Her" - 3:27
  11. "Town Where You Belong" - 2:52
  12. "Tell Me" - 1:47
  13. "Sewing Up the Seams" (Japan only bonus track)
  14. "Underground Gardens" (Japan only bonus track)

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Pitchfork Media review". Archived from the original on 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
  3. The Skinny review
  4. "Pitchfork: Earlimart to Issue Hymn and Her in July". Archived from the original on 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
  5. Allmusic - Review of "Hymn and Her"