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 realised 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’ unmistakeable charm, was filmed in Hollywood and directed by Perote and Cosials themselves. Listen to the song and watch its video HERE.
The energy at a Hinds show is always palpable, and they kicked off 2024 playing several UK shows for Independent Venue Week, followed by SXSW in March, alongside two sold-out shows at Baby’s All Right in New York. Next up is a sold out tour this month encompassing London, Brighton, Paris, Munich, Berlin and more. Hinds will return to the UK in September, playing a London headline show at Lafayette on the 13th.
Hinds have created the most accomplished album of their careers, one that celebrates their shared history and reaffirms that this band is in it for the long haul with “VIVA HINDS”, expect to hear much more in the coming months.