Now this is one thing to howl about! Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist and his cohorts in The Hives are on their approach again after an 11-year hole between albums. Though as soon as on the forefront of the early 2000s storage rock wave, The Hives go a bit of darker and extra aggressive on their new single, serving up some doomy enjoyable with the track “Bogus Operandi,” which is the primary tease of their forthcoming album, The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons.
Though identified for having a extra punk vibe to their sound, The Hives command your consideration with Rage Against the Machine-esque solitary heavy be aware consideration grabbers to start out the track. It paints a doomy, darkish vibe, particularly when paired with the winter forest set music video for “Bogus Operandi.”
The clip itself is a horror story, discovering the band’s members on the receiving finish of a possessed shovel summoned to trace them down in the desolate forest evening and command them to do its rock and roll bidding. You can try the Aube Perrie-directed video under.
The Hives, “Bogus Operandi”
It ought to be famous that the horror theme in the video will not be accidentally. Per a press launch on the brand new album, which has been titled The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons, “As the album’s macabre title hints, the band’s extended absence from the studio has been no hiatus but rather a horror story,” suggesting there may be darker themes at work here.
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That said, the bravado The Hives have always displayed has not gone away. In fact, singer Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist says, “There’s no maturity or anything like that bullshit, because who the fuck wants mature rock ’n’ roll? That’s always where people go wrong, I feel. ‘It’s like rock ’n’ roll but adult,’ nobody wants that! That’s literally taking the good shit out of it. Rock ’n’ roll can’t grow up, it is a perpetual teenager and this album feels exactly like that, which it’s all down to our excitement — and you can’t fake that shit.”
The Hives’ The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons is due Aug. 11, with pre-orders being taken right here. Check out the album paintings and monitor itemizing under and search for the band returning to touring in Europe this spring. Catch them dwell right here.
The Hives, The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons Album Artwork + Track Listing
the hives, the dying of randy fitzsimmons album artwork
1. Bogus Operandi
2. Trapdoor Solution
3. Countdown To Shutdown
4. Rigor Mortis Radio
5. Stick Up
6. Smoke & Mirrors
7. Crash Into the Weekend
8. Two Kinds of Trouble
9. The Way the Story Goes
10. The Bomb
11. What Did I Ever Do To You?
12. Step Out of the Way
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