User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
- 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.
Buy Now
- Record Label: Disques Hives
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 14 out of 16
-
Mixed: 2 out of 16
-
Negative: 0 out of 16
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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]
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 1 out of 1
-
Mixed: 0 out of 1
-
Negative: 0 out of 1
-
Aug 15, 2023this is my first time hearing The Hives and they really did not disappoint. very solid all round with this album.
-