On top of smaller things such as the sun, human existence and the universe stands an obelisk known as The Hives. The greatest rock band to ever grace the earth with its mere existence. They have looks that make everything else look ugly, songs that make other music seem as important to save for the afterworld as sewage water and now infinity has succumbed and publicly states that The Hives will be the first band in the world to walk through the pearly gates of eternal existence. All this made possible with the release of their new album! ! !
They have quickly regrouped, plugged in, turned up, and have recorded an album that rock music arenas were built for, but so rarely contain on their seventh full-length LP ,
The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives
The Swedish five piece - Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist [vocals], Nicholaus Arson [guitar], Vigilante Carlstroem [guitar], The Johan and Only [bass], and Chris Dangerous [drums] play like their lives depend on it, with both total control and complete reckless abandon.
It is an album that sounds like a greatest hits but you’ve never heard the songs before.
“We wanted to make a Hives arena album. We have never really tried to do that before. We loved touring with Rolling Stones and AC/DC. That sort of blockbuster is larger than life rock. We thought, maybe we should give that a try. Of course we luckily can’t help but sound like The Hives anyway. Why aim to win by a whisker we thought so let’s put 12 singles on an album”
“But I think we did it. I really think this is us at the peak of our powers. Who gets to say that 30+ years in? That’s right. Nobody”
