After a few weeks away from you – I’m making a BIG boom back. Time for a new post!
Get your headphones ready! Feel the crunching beats with me, Jacob Braybrooke, as I return to One Track At A Time once again to bring another recommendation into the life of yours as a fellow music lover. It used to be my day-to-day pleasure to write up about a different piece of music every day before peak adulthood got right in my way! ‘Boom Boom Back’ ushers in a new era for the Madrid-based indie rock duo Hinds, who have experienced a tumultous time of troubles in the time leading up to their current comeback. Hinds have been around since 2011, originally as a 4-piece of ferocious female creatives, but they now exist as a dynamic duo comprised of original members Ana García Perrote and Carlotta Cosials who share the lead vocal and guitar duties amongst themselves. They have supported The Libertines, The Vaccines and Black Lips on tour in addition to designing their own clothing line in 2017 with Urban Outfitters that was sold alongside an exclusive limited edition 7-inch of their single ‘Holograma’ with 50% of the proceeds going towards an Austin-based not-for-profit organisation – Attendance Records – that provides students at public schools a platform to produce their own music, websites and magazines. Besides the recent single ‘Coffee’, it has been since the pandemic of 2020 that we’ve heard much from Hinds following ‘The Prettiest Curse’ LP being issued that year. A blow has been dealt because they have lost a drummer, a bassist and a management company. However, Perrote and Cosials are carrying the baton of Hinds as a duo, having spent the past decade touring across the globe and sharing their unique fusion of Garage Rock-infused pop with Psychedelic elements with the world. They’ve also gained a friend in Beck, who they met at a film screening in LA by chance. Their fourth studio album – ‘Viva Hinds’ – is now set to release on September 6th on Lucky Number Records. UK tour dates in Brighton’s Prince Albert and London’s The Lower Third are taking place at the end of this month. Check out the raucous new track ‘Boom Boom Back’ below.
Recorded in rural France with Pete Robertson (Beabadoobee, Orla Gartland, Chloe Moriondo) as their producer, Hinds are breaking new ground in light of vowing to continue their passionate Lo-Fi oriented explorations in substance as a pair instead of a quartet by including their first tracks to be entirely sung in Spanish on their new record, which also boasts a collaboration with Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten. The playful energy of the music video is matched by the rhythmic aggression of the melodies on ‘Boom Boom Back’, an infectious intro to the upbeat and beautifully braggadocious slab of 80’s-inspired Rock ‘N’ Roll that I can’t wait to hear on the rest of ‘Viva Hinds’ in September. Nonchalant ambience of the girls laughing is followed by a thumping drum riff and a swirling guitar riff, filling the air with stadium-sized rock sounds as we build up to the catchy chorus of “Do you want to fall in love in a bar tonight?/Do you wanna fall in love with a broken heart?” backed by gritty, non auto-tuned vocals sung above crisp, crunchy chords. It’s not very romantic at all, as Hinds settle for sexual pleasure instead and carry their quirky personalities into the rest of the track. Beck hops on for his own verse at one time, joined by lyrics like “Faking laughs, melted ice, throwing dollars and dice/Do you want to step aside a hologram of your life” that showcase his penchant for obscure hooks and mesh tidily with the rebellious attitude of Hinds, who fill the empty space with Spanish vocals and chatty ambience reminiscent of an irresponsible adult’s dream of a youthful teen party at various points yet the alternative rock spirit of the chorus packs a punch and keeps the tone balanced well. The result is a delighfully charming, wonderfully catchy and affectionately 90’s tune that is sure to generate excitement for the long-awaited new album. It feels like the perfect summer anthem, with Hinds delivering an accessible yet specific vocal performance and it’s nice to hear Beck getting to do what he does best after a string of more conventional pop-oriented releases. I don’t need to be in a bar to fall in love with ‘Boom Boom Back’ since hearing it at home offers many thrills.
That’s all for now! Thank you for joining me for another musical musing today and I want to say a huge thank you for your support at this time where my posts are more sporadic. I will be back soon with another heartfelt recommendation of a new track, this time coming from a North Carolina-based Electronic producer who adds a unique touch of IDM and Glitch Hop to his House music explorations. He has produced tracks for Azaelia Banks and he’s performed a live set at the Sydney Opera House. You may also know him for releasing music under the names of Tstewart and Syndrome. He’s also 1/2 of the experimental duo Dream Continuum alongside Jim Coles aka OM Unit.
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