Words by: Anna Julia
Hinds is the garage-rock band previously known as Deers. It is made up of four young women; Ade, Carlotta, Amber and Ana, whose ages range between the 18 and the 23 years old, comes from Madrid, Spain, and has sparked a revolution around all media and festivals. All went too fast for the four girls who, in 2014, a few days after having uploaded their first song to Bandcamp, already had gig offers and praise (from media like NME, or from musicians like Patrick Carney from the Black Keys) about them. Their success was such, that a Canadian band nearly denounced them for having a band name too similar to theirs, and in January 7th, 2015, Deers became Hinds. They have published only two singles, around five songs only, and a few official videos in their YouTube channel, but have already been the support band for The Libertines or The Vaccines, to name a pair.
Their music is usually classified as garage rock, lo-fi or garage pop, although they say in many interviews that they don’t want to be typecast, that “they want to play the music they enjoy listening to”. What’s not to argue about them is that, undoubtedly, their music, their atmosphere, their attitude, are fresh and raw and wild, and that’s what I (and the rest of their fans, I think) love about them. They don’t care if their music is correct, or beautifully composed, not even if their lyrics are deep or poetic; they just want to spark emotions, spark joy and that kick-ass mood we all love, in the people who listens to them. I think it’s a really great way of seeing music.
About their songs, I’d say all their music is advisable (come on, it’s only four songs, doesn’t take that long to hear them all), but if you asked me for my favourites, first comes Between Cans, and then Trippy Gum. But hey, give a listen to all of the songs, puh-leeeeeeze!
Their first studio album is expected to be released this October, and the list of festivals in which they’ll play is growing every day, so… yeah.
It would be a great, incredible opportunity for me to interview them some day, but for now I’ll stick to discover to whoever is reading this Hinds’ music.
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