Blog: State Magazine

To understand a band like The Hives perhaps we should first look at the quintessential uniform rockers, The Ramones. Undeniable pop songsmiths who made a 20-year career out of reliable repetition yet also a band with a fully formed sound and image, which became slowly diluted as years went by. And so, just over a decade since the no-nonsense Swedes dubbed themselves ‘Your New Favourite Band’, The Hives return with their fifth LP. Spot the connection? Lex Hives , a self-released and self-produced effort, is described by Pelle Amqvist as a laboured affair, the [...]