HINDS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM VIVA HINDS FEATURING BECK & FONTAINES D.C.
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Beloved Spanish indie rockers Hinds announce their utterly triumphant fourth album today, entitled VIVA HINDS, and share its lead single “Boom Boom Back” featuring Beck. Shortly after the band made their debut ten years ago, they hit what felt like an insurmountable obstacle – they had to change their name from Deers to Hinds for legal reasons. But, as their fans began to greet them at shows by cheering “¡VIVA HINDS!”, the band soon realized that what initially felt like an ending was actually just the beginning. Fast forward to 2023, and VIVA HINDS was written by the band’s co-founders, co-vocalists, co-guitarists and co-songwriters Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote after a series of endings. They hit a creative rut after releasing their 2020 album The Prettiest Curse, and their bassist and drummer devastatingly decided to leave the band. They also split with their management team, lost touring revenue due to lockdowns, and were without a label for the first time. But when Perrote and Cosials got together to write again it became clear that their connection, one so special that they call themselves “millionaires in friendship,” would be all they needed to get them through. VIVA HINDS – the most accomplished, sonically adventurous, honest and celebratory record of Hinds’ career – is only the beginning.
VIVA HINDS, which features the band’s first-ever Spanish language songs, as well as collaborations with the likes of Beck and Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten, will be released on September 6th via Lucky Number. Recorded in rural France, the album was produced by Pete Robertson (Beabadoobee), engineered by the GRAMMY-nominated Tom Roach, and mixed by GRAMMY-winning engineer Caesar Edmunds (The Killers, Wet Leg). See below for album artwork and tracklisting, and pre-order the album now HERE.
Alongside the announcement of VIVA HINDS, the band shares their massive lead single “Boom Boom Back.” Following the previously released single “Coffee” which also appears on the album, “Boom Boom Back” is the first song Hinds wrote for the record and the hypnotic track features Beck, who they met by chance at a film screening on a trip to LA. The accompanying music video, brimming with bravado and Hinds’ unmistakable charm, was filmed in Hollywood and directed by Perrote and Cosials themselves. Listen to the song and watch its video HERE.
Hinds recently took SXSW by storm, performing a whopping 15 showcases in Austin, and now the band announces their stateside return for a proper tour. See below to find a show near you, and get your tickets HERE.
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Effervescent since inception, Hinds took off instantly over a decade ago when, after spending one too many nights out watching guy friends play guitar, Perrote and Cosials decided that they would learn the instrument, write songs, and start a band. Their scrappy ethic, infectious onstage personalities, and knack for writing hooks made their debut album, 2016’s Leave Me Alone, a buzzy hit, and they kept the momentum going with I Don’t Run in 2018. Since those formative early days, the band made their television debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, won over crowds at festivals like Coachella and Glastonbury, played nearly 500 shows globally (with many of them sold-out), opened for the likes of Coldplay and The Strokes, worked with brands like Chanel and Stella McCartney, started their own limited edition cruelty-free makeup line, have been included in various movie soundtracks, and more. Through it all, they nurtured the intense bond that brought them together in the first place.
“We started the band because we are so safe and comfortable with each other. Our relationship is unbreakable,” Cosials says. “This connection between us hasn’t changed since the very beginning. We still finish each other’s ideas, laugh at each other’s jokes and rhyme each other’s lines. Maintaining that enthusiasm for music and for Hinds through the years may seem extremely difficult to find, but it’s something that only can happen with your very best friend.”
It’s been four years since Hinds released Prettiest Curse, the longest gap they’ve taken between albums, and in that time frame, the girls tended the joyful spirit that made them want to start a band with help from a few critical collaborators and friends. Initially, the girls shared their demos with Sean Silverman (Beach Weather) on a trip to Los Angeles, who also showed them a pedal effect they’d never used before, one that would go on to influence the sonic landscape of VIVA HINDS.
VIVA HINDS doesn’t tell a single story. Instead, the album navigates a spectrum of raw emotion, ones the Perrote and Cosials have experienced together and as individuals. Hinds’ moodboard included references to artists like the Moldy Peaches, Daniel Johnston, and Courtney Barnett, reminders that legendary songs are made without expectation, that a studio filled with gear doesn’t guarantee an album full of heart.
To record, they decamped to two homes in rural France, each time revisiting their notebooks, where they’d drawn up a list of the words they hoped to channel in the recording process: honest, optimistic, wild, sarcastic, indestructible. “This isn’t a rational album, this is made with emotions, in no specific order. We never sat down to think what we should write about, we sat down to write about what we were going through. We didn’t choose a ‘new look,’ we didn’t wanna pretend to be mature, or appear as a more sophisticated band. To me it is cohesive, but it’s not a fairy tale or a brainy narrative. It’s heart-driven,” Cosials says. Accompanied by producer Pete Robertson (Beabadoobee) and Grammy-nominated engineer Tom Roach, the girls fit what they could into two vehicles – guitars, bass, drums, pedals, synths – and built studios in the living area of each location. The intimate settings made for a beautiful, creative experience; at one of the houses, it was so quiet out that they were able to record with the windows open, and when they were done for the day, walk to the sea.
Tour Dates
May 11th – Barcelona, ES – Fango
May 17th – Paris, FR – Supersonic Records (Sold Out)
May 19th – Munich, DE – Pfingstfestival
May 21st – Berlin, DE – Monarch (Sold Out)
May 24th – Madrid, ES – Tomavistas Festival
May 26th – Brighton, UK – Prince Albert (Matinee and Evening) (Sold Out)
May 27th – London, UK – Lower Third (Sold Out)
May 28th – London, UK – Lower Third (Sold Out)
September 13th – London, UK – Lafayette
October 9th – Mexico City, Mexico – Foro Indie Rocks
October 12th – San Diego, CA – Casbah
October 15th – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
October 17th – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
October 18th – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
October 20th – Madison, WI – High Noon
October 21st – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
October 22nd – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
October 23rd – Toronto – Lee’s Palace
October 25th – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
October 26th – Washington DC – Union Stage
October 28th – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
October 29th – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
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