Hinds - Garden

Aside from the sweat-drenched excitement of their live performances, and their bloody fantastic pop tunes one of the most charming things about Hinds is the little written introductions to songs they pen for Soundcloud. Last month’s heroic ‘Chilli Town’, for example, was rather brilliantly described as a “winner’s song”. Now – along with the album announcement that we’ve all tortuously been waiting for – the Madrid garage-rockers have just released ‘Garden’, along with the epigraph: “please don’t say it was a shitty decision” to open the LP with it.

The good news is it was an absolutely cracking decision; with Strokes-y vocals and stomping drums. it leads you down the garden path of miniature bridges and verses before punching you with a chorus more chaotic than La Tomatina. The mini description also sees a forewarning that the record contains sadder vibes than they first expected – that’s certainly not a bad thing – but it doesn’t seem particularly relevant for ‘Garden’ which is still more fun than you can shake a metaphorical stick at, and sows the seeds for a blooming brilliant album to grow out of.