Formed in the summer of '08, The Empyres are one of the few garage rock bands in the Central Florida area. Our set covers some of the finer elements of 60's sounds and styles: fuzzed out anthems, four-on-the-floor R&B, altered blues, and revealing pop gems. We are becoming known for our energetic live shows, and our ability to get people moving on the dance floor.
More good local kicks were found at La Garage a Go-Go (June 5, Will's Pub), a revivalist dance party that rolled back the clock 40-odd years. Listen, if you're gonna straight-up recycle, at least do it properly like Los Knievels, whose glorious garage rock blazed with real size, noise and soul. Also solid, if a little less all-out rousing, were billmates The Empyres. What this effective garage trio (led by Hate Bombs guitarist Dave Ewing) cedes to Los Knievels is sheer exhilaration, though, they made up for in efficiency and pop craftwork.
-Orlando Weekly, June 2009.
