NEW ALBUM VIVA HINDS OUT SEPTEMBER 6TH
Madrid-based indie duo Hinds—a.k.a Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote – will release their utterly triumphant and highly anticipated new album VIVA HINDS on September 6th via Lucky Number.
Today Hinds returns with another absolutely massive single, “Superstar,” and another self-directed music video. Rolling Stone recently called it a “soon-to-be Hinds classic,” as the song simmers delicately before it explodes into an empowering, if rageful, rallying cry: “Good job/ Now you’re a local superstar/ That only hangs with superstars/ Carrying the weight of all that fame!/Carrying humanity’s joy and pain.”
“’Superstar’ talks about the disappointment and the pain you feel when someone you love deeply, disappears with no explanation,” says Hinds. “You feel worthless, you start thinking you never really knew that person and you question your shared past, and if what you remember really happened. It’s hard to let people go but writing this song helped. People need closure, and this song is ours.”
The band has previewed the record with a string of early singles, including “Boom Boom Back” featuring Beck, “Coffee” and their first-ever Spanish language single “En Forma.”
Shortly after the band made their debut ten years ago, they hit what felt like an insurmountable obstacle – they had to change their name from Deers to Hinds for legal reasons. But, as their fans began to greet them at shows by cheering “¡VIVA HINDS!”, the band soon realized that what initially felt like an ending was actually just the beginning.
Fast forward to 2023, and VIVA HINDS was written by the band’s co-founders, co-vocalists, co-guitarists and co-songwriters Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote after a series of endings. They hit a creative rut after releasing their 2020 album The Prettiest Curse, and 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.
VIVA HINDS will be released on September 6th via Lucky Number. Recorded in rural France, the album was produced by Pete Robertson (Beabadoobee), engineered by the GRAMMY-nominated Tom Roach, mixed by GRAMMY-winning engineer Caesar Edmunds (The Killers, Wet Leg), and includes a collaboration with Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten, in addition to Beck. Pre-order the album now HERE.
The band will embark on a world-wide tour in support of VIVA HINDS.
Find a show near you, and get your tickets HERE.
