M'Lou Elkins 
Swedish rockers The Hives will release their first album in over a decade, “The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons.” The album drops August 11th digitally, on CD, and on vinyl. A special limited-edition glow-in-the-dark gatefold vinyl with poster will be available exclusively on the band’s webstite.
The band has also just released their official music video for the album’s opening track, “Bogus Operandi.” Check it out below.
In a press release, The Hives frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist had a few things to say about their upcoming album: “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 press release went on to explain that the album’s title is a reference to THE HIVES‘ “founder, mentor and songwriter, the perpetual limelight-shunning Randy Fitzsimmons. Following the recent discovery of a hidden away obituary and cryptic poem in the local paper of the Northern Vastmanland town where THE HIVES are from, the band members were led to Fitzsimmons‘ tombstone. Upon digging the freshly interred ground, the band found not a body but instead several tapes, suits, and a piece of paper bearing the words ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’ typed up as if a title. Whether a hoax or Fitzsimmons‘ opening gambit, remains to be seen. The uncovered tapes included the demos that would become the twelve new songs on ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’.”
Following the departure of Dr Matt Destruction, bassist The Johan And Only joins Chris Dangerous, Vigilante Carlstroem, Nicholaus Arson and Howlin’ Pelle as a full-fledged member of The Hives.
Check out the video for “Bogus Operandi” below:
The Hives’ “The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons” track listing:
01. Bogus Operandi
02. Trapdoor Solution
03. Countdown To Shutdown
04. Rigor Mortis Radio
05. Stick Up
06. Smoke & Mirrors
07. Crash Into The Weekend
08. Two Kinds Of Trouble
09. 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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