Listen Now: The Hives Are Back!

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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS: Sweden's sharply-dressed garage rock revivalists The Hives have returned! Viva Le Hives!

The quintet just announced details for their fifth album and first release in five years, Lex Hives, which drops stateside on June 5. Even better, the band are streaming the LP's first single, "Go Right Ahead," over at Rolling Stone. It's quintessential Hives: explosive changes, grit-nasty riffs, simple-snappy drum beats and, of course, frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist's Mick Jagger-inspired sass. Also, it sounds a lot like ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down," and that's a good thing.

So, about this new album. The name Lex Hives is taken from an ancient Roman practice of enacting a system or body of laws and accepting them as a standard. So, as a statement explains, "the 12 songs on Lex Hives make up the holy laws after which all life from now on must be lived." Typical tounge-in-cheek Hives hilarity.

The LP was self-produced and will be self-released on the band's Disques Hives label. It was mixed, however, by a few notable names in the music business, including Grammy Award winner Andrew Scheps (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele), D. Sardy (Marilyn Manson, Slayer) and Joe Zook (Weezer, Modest Mouse). The deluxe version of Lex Hives will feature bonus tracks produced by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme.

"These are not songs that sound equally good played on an acoustic guitar by the campfire," the band say in a statement. "This is not music. This is compressed carbon hidden in the earth's crust for millions of years and unearthed, to be placed in your eardrums." 

Sort of like eardrum dynamite, eh? I believe 'em. Why? Because they've produced songs like this: 

The Hives, "Walk Idiot Walk"

Listen and Learn

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Listen and Learn

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Cardi B and Offset Are Now Parasite B

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Back To The Heart Attack Grill

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At the Buffet, There Are No Rules

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Freedia Gets Her Groove Back

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"Become Who You Are"

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Papa You Are My Dad

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Come As You Are - Trailer

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The Beatles: In the Life

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The Best of The Best Clash

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The Blue Devils Bring The Parade

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The Decision

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The Decision

The Pilot

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The Pilot

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The Hustle

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The Motorcycle

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The Ladies Play "Fill In The Blanks"

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All the Focus is on the Diamonds

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Out With The Old, In With The New

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The Hilarious Reality of the American Rat Race

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The Great Director

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Meet The Jets

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Rock the Bells

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Behind The Snow

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Who's the Boss?

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Making the Cut

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The Feels - Trailer

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Missy: The Icon

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Meet The Family

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The North Shore

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Free The Robots

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Create The Future

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Mind the Mints

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The Glow Up

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The Read - Trailer

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Surfing the Skies

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Into The Woods

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Enter the Metaverse

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The Vest Guest

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Pink: The Truth

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Facing The Truth

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Between the Shades

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The Revolution Generation

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Crossed the Line

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Rich The Kid

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Making The Retrograde

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The Grind Never Stops When for the Queen Diva

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End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock

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Behind the Scenes: The Making of "Made From Scratch"

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Who's Guarding the Angel?

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Flesh and the City

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The Power of Weed

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The Out100 TV Special

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The Trap House Slide

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