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Praise for Hinds + A Prettiest Curse:
"a capitulation to the bright commerciality their music has harbored...fun and rebellious, like a glitter bomb detonated in a stuffy conference room." - The New Yorker
"Hinds got its start playing sharp, driving rock and roll and its sound only gets more polished and wider ranging on its third album, The Prettiest Curse...these songs have purpose and playfulness and also a real undercurrent of righteous indignation. It's a great record." - NPR Music
"The third album from these cool Spanish garage-rock primitivists adds a sweet sun-bleached studio haze to their sound, making for spacey songs that never lack for sass, bite, or beauty." - Rolling Stone
"the Spanish garage rockers swing for the fences with a big, arena-friendly new sound." - Pitchfork
"Hinds always bring sweeping joy to their jangly rock music, and their latest album, The Prettiest Curse, is no exception.” - The Wall Street Journal Magazine
"As a project, one that truly blooms from its floor-to-ceiling sound, it is also Hinds’ most realized music yet." - NYLON
“their best work to date." - Paste Magazine (8.5/10)
“the Madrid quartet take a turn towards a cleaner garage pop sound...the tightest LP from the band yet." - Consequence of Sound
"Without a doubt, The Prettiest Curse is some of Hinds’ most pop-leaning work...the punk attitude that initially made fans fall in love with the band is still very much there, and it’s heard in the cool vocal delivery and the explosive, glimmering guitars." - Billboard
Beloved Madrid band Hinds released their glorious beast of a third album, The Prettiest Curse, last month on Mom + Pop to critical acclaim from the likes of The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The FADER, NYLON, and many more. Today the band shares more new music: a cover of The Clash’s “Spanish Bombs.” Check it out now HERE and read about the band’s inspiration behind covering the track below.
“we've always loved doing covers. maybe 'cause it's the way we started, or maybe because there are so many good songs in the world already that we wish we had written! and we really enjoy hindsifying them heheh. the clash were my mom's forevers favourite band and ade's parents also, so it is always beautiful to connect generations through music.
“as spaniards, we don’t usually get shout outs in songs, like “new york” or “london”, so the clash writing a song about our civil war made us feel honoured. we recorded it the last day of studio, pretty much live, while recording our third album.”
LISTEN/WATCH:
On The Prettiest Curse, Hinds take a quantum leap forward as a band and shrug off any remaining lo-fi accusations, finally harnessing the full extent of their pop prowess and unleashing songs which sound bigger, bolder, and more complex than anything they have done before, while still remaining true to their girl-gang, garage rock roots. “We have this incredible job, but it’s really transformed the way we live,” says Carlotta Cosials, explaining the album title. “We know we’re not going to stop, so we’ve decided to embrace it—to see this curse as something pretty.” Featuring songs performed in Hinds’ native tongue for the first time, The Prettiest Curse was produced by Jennifer Decilveo and is positively bursting with life, finding Hinds at their very best yet. Purchase, stream and download the album now HERE.
Hinds is: Carlotta Cosials (vocals, guitar), Ana Perrote (vocals, guitar), Ade Martin (bass), Amber Grimbergen (drums)
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