Biography
Spanish group Hinds built their sound on garage beginnings that gradually absorbed broader pop influences, delivering it through shouted vocals, tight-knit camaraderie, and relentless high-spirited drive. The quartet launched as a garage-rock outfit whose first full-length, Leave Me Alone from 2016, delivered an exuberant yet occasionally ragged tone. Successive releases tightened the arrangements with smoother production values and sharper songwriting, culminating in the band’s third album, 2020’s The Prettiest Curse, which nudged them closer to the pop mainstream. By 2024’s VIVA HINDS they had retreated from that sheen without abandoning the buoyant, punk-edged center that remained their hallmark.
Carlotta Cosials and Ana García Perrote formed the project in Madrid in 2011 after growing weary of watching their friends play music. Once they had grasped basic guitar skills, the pair issued a pair of raw demos on Bandcamp under the name Deers. Those two noisy yet tuneful tracks, “Bamboo” and “Trippy Gum,” surfaced in summer 2014 and drew notice from U.K. outlets including NME and The Guardian. Months later the lineup expanded to a quartet with the arrival of bassist Ade Martín and drummer Amber Grimbergen. A follow-up single, “Barn,” appeared in November 2014, after which the group adopted the name Hinds following a legal challenge from another act. Now operating as Hinds, they broadened their live circuit through Europe and the U.K., issuing a split single with fellow Spaniards the Parrots in April 2015 and contributing to a compilation from U.S. garage label Burger Records.
Leave Me Alone reached stores in January 2016 via Lucky Number in the U.K. and Mom + Pop in the U.S. The band spent the remainder of the year circling the globe, issued a deluxe edition of the album, and collected a 2017 European Border Breakers Award. While maintaining an active tour schedule in 2017, they also cut “A Rodar” for the Spanish edition of the film Cars 3. Work soon began on a second album, co-produced with Gordon Raphael (the Strokes, Regina Spektor). Released again through Lucky Number and Mom + Pop, 2018’s I Don’t Run presented a leaner, punchier take on garage pop. The Prettiest Curse arrived in 2020, tracked in New York City under the guidance of Jenn Decilveo (Bat for Lashes, the Wombats); the record stepped further from the band’s lo-fi origins while preserving their buoyant energy and rowdy vocal style.
During those sessions they laid down a cover of the Clash’s Spanish Civil War–inspired “Spanish Bombs,” which surfaced as a single in July. They also joined CHAI for “United Girls Rock’n’Roll Club,” issued the following month. The pandemic brought setbacks that included parting ways with management, exiting their U.S. label, and, in late 2023, the departures of Grimbergen and Martín. Cosials and Perrote rebuilt the live configuration with bassist Paula Ruiz and drummer Maria Lázaro, then turned to a fourth album with renewed momentum. Working alongside producer Pete Robertson, they eased away from the previous record’s pop gloss, favoring a marginally rawer path colored by both melancholy and self-assertion. VIVA HINDS emerged in August 2024 on Lucky Number, featuring guest turns from Beck and Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten.
Carlotta Cosials and Ana García Perrote formed the project in Madrid in 2011 after growing weary of watching their friends play music. Once they had grasped basic guitar skills, the pair issued a pair of raw demos on Bandcamp under the name Deers. Those two noisy yet tuneful tracks, “Bamboo” and “Trippy Gum,” surfaced in summer 2014 and drew notice from U.K. outlets including NME and The Guardian. Months later the lineup expanded to a quartet with the arrival of bassist Ade Martín and drummer Amber Grimbergen. A follow-up single, “Barn,” appeared in November 2014, after which the group adopted the name Hinds following a legal challenge from another act. Now operating as Hinds, they broadened their live circuit through Europe and the U.K., issuing a split single with fellow Spaniards the Parrots in April 2015 and contributing to a compilation from U.S. garage label Burger Records.
Leave Me Alone reached stores in January 2016 via Lucky Number in the U.K. and Mom + Pop in the U.S. The band spent the remainder of the year circling the globe, issued a deluxe edition of the album, and collected a 2017 European Border Breakers Award. While maintaining an active tour schedule in 2017, they also cut “A Rodar” for the Spanish edition of the film Cars 3. Work soon began on a second album, co-produced with Gordon Raphael (the Strokes, Regina Spektor). Released again through Lucky Number and Mom + Pop, 2018’s I Don’t Run presented a leaner, punchier take on garage pop. The Prettiest Curse arrived in 2020, tracked in New York City under the guidance of Jenn Decilveo (Bat for Lashes, the Wombats); the record stepped further from the band’s lo-fi origins while preserving their buoyant energy and rowdy vocal style.
During those sessions they laid down a cover of the Clash’s Spanish Civil War–inspired “Spanish Bombs,” which surfaced as a single in July. They also joined CHAI for “United Girls Rock’n’Roll Club,” issued the following month. The pandemic brought setbacks that included parting ways with management, exiting their U.S. label, and, in late 2023, the departures of Grimbergen and Martín. Cosials and Perrote rebuilt the live configuration with bassist Paula Ruiz and drummer Maria Lázaro, then turned to a fourth album with renewed momentum. Working alongside producer Pete Robertson, they eased away from the previous record’s pop gloss, favoring a marginally rawer path colored by both melancholy and self-assertion. VIVA HINDS emerged in August 2024 on Lucky Number, featuring guest turns from Beck and Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten.
Albums
Singles
