Hearts (I Break Horses album)

Hearts is the debut studio album by Swedish duo I Break Horses. It was released in August 2011 by Bella Union.

Hearts
Studio album by I Break Horses
Released	August 22, 2011
Studio	Home recordings, Stockholm, Sweden Saraswati Studios, Izera Mountains, Poland
Genre	Indie rock, shoegazing
Length	40:19
Label	Bella Union
Producer	Maria Lindén
I Break Horses chronology
Hearts (2011) Chiaroscuro (2014)
Singles from Hearts
"Hearts" Released: July 18, 2011 "Winter Beats" Released: September 5, 2011 "Wired" Released: November 28, 2011

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Maria Lindén (music) and Fredrik Balck (lyrics).

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Winter Beats"	4:45
2.	"Hearts"	3:53
3.	"Wired"	4:31
4.	"I Kill Your Love, Baby!"	4:48
5.	"Pulse"	4:45
6.	"Cancer"	5:10
7.	"Load Your Eyes"	4:40
8.	"Empty Bottles"	3:22
9.	"No Way Outro"	4:25

Credits

Musicians

• Maria Lindén – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano
• Fredrik Balck – drums, percussion
• Jukka Rintamäki – bass, vocals, additional keyboards, guitars, percussion
• Patrik Johansson Bay – additional guitars
• Patrick Alvarsson – additional guitars, treatments, percussion
• Anders Gustafsson – drums (tracks 1 and 5)
• Sebastian Forslund – drums (track 6)
• Simon Raymonde – treatments (track 9)

Technical

• Produced by Maria Lindén
• Additional production by Jukka Rintamäki (tracks 1, 3, 5 and 7) and Patrick Alvarsson (tracks 6 and 8)
• Mixed and mastered by Hans Olsson Brookes

Visual

• Art direction by Vaughan Oliver
• Design by Vaughan Oliver, Brian Whitehead and Tom Skipp
• Illustrations by Vaughan Oliver, Marc Atkins and Terry Dowling

References

1. "Hearts Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
2. Raggett, Ned. "Hearts - I Break Horses". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-01-22.