The Swedes’ new album is scheduled for release on August 11th.
The Hives have announced their first new work in over a decade. It will be titled THE DEATH OF RANDY FITZSIMMONS and will be released on August 11, 2023. The Swedes released the first single from their new record “Bogus Operandi” on May 2nd, 2023. A music video for the track with a horror look can be seen on YouTube.
Frontman Howlin’ Pelle Amqvist doesn’t want to know anything about a possible maturing process. “Who the hell wants mature rock ‘n’ roll?” the singer said in a press statement. “I think people always get it wrong. “Rock’n’Roll, but grown up” – nobody wants that!” It says there. Rock ‘n’ roll is a “perpetual teenager” for Amqvist. The band wanted to channel this vibe for THE DEATH OF RANDY FITZSIMMONS.
The Hives are next up with the Arctic Monkeys trip be. It opens in Hollywood on May 9, 2023, with more shows planned in the UK and Sweden. The final concert of the tour will take place on August 19, 2023 in Rättvik, Sweden.
THE DEATH OF RANDY FITZSIMMONS track listing:
1. Bogus Operandi
2. Trap Door 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
The Hives formed in Fagersta, Sweden in 1993 and released their debut album BARELY LEGAL in 1997 on the Swedish label Japhi, part of Burning Heart Records. VENI, VIDI, VICIOUS (2000) marked the band’s breakthrough in the US and Europe. The group around frontman Per Almqvist and his brother Niklas have since released three more studio albums: TYRANNOSAURUS HIVES (2004), THE BLACK AND WHITE ALBUM (2007) and LEX HIVES (2012). Also in 2001, The Hives presented the compilation YOUR NEW FAVORITE BAND, which went platinum in the UK.