The Hives announces first new album in 11 years, drops lead single “Bogus Operandi”

Swedish rock’n’rollers The Hives are back and they have just announced their first new album in over a decade, “The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons”. To mark the announcement, the Fagersta-born outfit has also shared lead single and album opener “Bogus Operandi” – watch the music video directed by Aube Perrie below:

“The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons”, their long-awaited new record – the follow-up to 2012’s “Lex Hives”, will be out on August 11, 2023, via Fuga — you can pre-order the album here.

Commenting on the new LP, frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist says: “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 album announcement comes ahead of a spring UK/EU arena tour with Arctic Monkeys, along with UK festival dates and a string of intimate album in-store performances. See all dates here.

“The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons” tracklist:
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