Empires is a damn fine track, but I think all the comparisons to Hybrid reveal it's lack of originality more than anything.

Sure, the track has a great groove and flow, but if you instantly make people familiar with track x think of that track when it plays then I think you've failed at something.

I'm not trying to drag it down, I love Chicane, and Empires is one of the better tracks on Easy to Assemble, I just think 'track of the year' and 'instant classic' is a bit much to be heaping on it now, before it's even been given a proper release.