The Hives announce first album in over ten years
completemusicupdate.comThe Hives have announced that they will release their first studio album in over a decade, ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’, this summer.
Its first single ‘Bogus Operandi’ is out now.The title references the apparent death of the band’s supposed mentor, manager and songwriter, Randy Fitzsimmons.
So the story goes, the band had not seen or heard of him since the release of their 2012 album ‘Lex Hives’. They recently discovered an obituary and cryptic poem in the local paper of the Northern Vastmanland, where the band formed.Returning to the town, they discovered a freshly filled grave topped with Fitzsimmon’s tombstone.
Like anyone would in such a situation, they dug up the grave and discovered, not a body, but tapes of new songs, a set of suits, and a piece of paper bearing the words ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’.Did any of this actually happen?
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