Beloved Spanish indie rockers Hinds today announce the release of their utterly triumphant fourth album, VIVA HINDS, written by the band’s co-founders, co-vocalists, co-guitarists and co-songwriters Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote after a series of endings. Hitting a creative rut following the release of their 2020 album The Prettiest Curse, 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.
Featuring the band’s first-ever Spanish language songs, as well as collaborations with Beck and Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten, the album will be released on September 6th. 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).
Alongside the announcement of VIVA HINDS, the band have also shared their massive lead single “Boom Boom Back”, the first song Hinds wrote for the new record. The hypnotic track features the aforementioned 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.
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.
