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These Hands (EP)

album by Hearts Like Lions

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ21160177 ↗
Source-derived summary

These Hands is the first extended play from Hearts Like Lions. Tooth & Nail Records released the EP on December 2, 2014.

Critical reception

Awarding the EP four stars at Jesus Freak Hideout, John Choquette states, "These Hands is almost painfully short, but if it's any indication, Ramos and company are certainly up to the challenge." Michael Weaver, giving the EP three and a half stars for Jesus Freak Hideout, says, "These Hands, sounds exactly like what you'd expect from a good Tooth and Nail band." Tony Cummings, rating the EP a seven out of ten at Cross Rhythms, describes, "All six tracks are well produced with good interplay between the instruments".

Rating the EP a seven out of ten from Pure Grain Audio, Daniella Kohan writes, "These Hands is a well-written, upbeat, and fun alt-rock compilation that is short and quite sweet." Liz Groth, indicating in a nine out of ten review by Alt Rock Live, describes, "Complete with intricate guitar work, expressive vocals, and contemplative lyrics, 'These Hands' maintains an overall positive outlook despite addressing serious issues such as the human condition, faith, and growing older."

Signaling in a four star review for from Indie Vision Music, Ian Zandi responds, "HLL is far more outgoing with their lyrics than most ambiguous bands on the scene. They are passionate and skilled musicians that are still growing. Though some of the songs mold together on this EP, perhaps a full-length will showcase some more diversity." Rob Mair, specifying in a four star review at Already Heard, replies, "'These Hands' certainly marks Hearts Like Lions out as ones to watch.

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“These Hands (EP)” enters the record as album by Hearts Like Lions. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what These, Hands and album can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2014. Its strongest next move is a source search built around These, Hands and album.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q21160177. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “These Hands (EP)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.