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| Breaking Out With Hives Has Never Felt So Good | ||||||
| The Hives' last album, "Veni, Vidi, Vicious" was a huge hit on radio, with such hits as "Hate To Say I Told You So" and "Main Offender."� What started as an independent Epitaph release ended up with major radio play, and catapulted the band into the mainstream.� Now with their newest release "Tyrannosaurus Hives," the band continues with the same simple-but-catchy sound that made them famous. | ||||||
| Often when a band changes labels, they change their sound too, which can have disastrous effects on the band's music, but in The Hives' case, they stay true to their original sound.� The trip from Epitaph to Interscope seems to have actually done the band good. | ||||||
| "Tyrannosaurus Hives" begins with the explosive "Abra Cadaver," which sets the tone for the rest of the album.� It lets the listener know that he is about to embark on a sonic journey and will leave you humming the songs to yourself over and over. | ||||||
| "Walk Idiot Walk" is probably the first radio hit of the album, and it has a great, repeating riff to go along with it.� While the song is simple in set-up, it is also very deep in the sense that The Hives know what makes a hit. | ||||||
| "No Pun Intended" is one of my favorite tracks on the record because it is a continuous stream of guttural rock that grabs your ears and does not let go.� The track is reminiscent of "Go With The Flow" by Queens Of The Stone Age and for anyone who liked that particular track, they will definitely love "No Pun Intended." | ||||||
| "See Through Head" is another winner, along with the pseudo rock ballad "Diabolic Scheme," which features vocalist Howlin' Pelle Almqvist crooning, "You searched the globe for them perfect looks; And you searched for answers in all your books; And finally by diabolic ascent here I am; Said it's just a diabolic, a diabolic scheme." "Antidote," which is the final track on the album, is another great dose of rock goodness and wraps up an almost perfect album. | ||||||
| Most of the songs on "Tyrannosaurus Hives" are good, and the one or two stinkers don't really detract from the album much.� I was a big fan of "Veni, Vidi, Vicious" and "Tyrannosaurus Hives" picks up where that great album left off.� The Hives have both evolved and stuck to their core sound, and their major-label debut on Interscope is a brilliant example of where punk rock is headed. | ||||||
| Copyright Gerry Wachovsky, 2004, and Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. | ||||||
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