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- Summary: The lore of Randy Fitzsimmons continues with the first full-length studio release in over 10 years from Swedish garage rock band The Hives is claimed to contain songs found in his grave.
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- Record Label: Disques Hives
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 14 out of 16
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Mixed: 2 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Aug 9, 2023Clocking in at less than half an hour, The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons is a breathless exercise in how rock music should be played. It’s fun, frenetic, and full to the brim with that trademark Hives humour.
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Aug 11, 2023A breakneck blend of craft, experience, fun, and excitement, The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons is the most concentrated dose of the band's magic since Tyrannosaurus Hives.
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Aug 10, 2023The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons boasts some of the band’s most exhilarating material in a career that has never lacked any superheated songs or top-shelf showmanship. Maybe that counts as maturity after all.
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Aug 11, 2023Why it took ten years to craft is unclear, but if this qualifies as a comeback, The Hives have returned with a thunderous buzz.
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Aug 9, 2023They’re the whirling dervish we’ve enjoyed for decades, having brewed another storm when music needs a serious injection of fun again.
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Aug 15, 2023An unfair degree of skepticism can surround a band like The Hives for firing in all cylinders well into their forties, but there's no denying their commitment and passion to staying in character on and off the stage.
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MojoAug 9, 2023Over 12 mostly blueprint-hugging songs returns diminish, but scuzzy beat-box disco outrider What Did I Ever To You is great. [Sep 2023, p.86]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Aug 15, 2023this is my first time hearing The Hives and they really did not disappoint. very solid all round with this album.
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