Hinds - I Don't Run
Hinds have long been known to make bedroom pop as hazy and warm as the sun from their native Spain. Their long-awaited second record, out April 6th, matures from their debut Leave Me Alone, with expressive, funky guitar notes and complementary, melodic vocals taking centre stage here.
Second record I Don’t Run opens with a melodramatic bass note that is quickly danced over with a beachy guitar riff, on ‘The Club’, which bleeds into the groove of ‘Soberland’. Single ‘New For You’ sounds like it could have been taken off the bands’ debut or compilation, but the similarity is not a negative by a long shot. The rest of the record showcases’ the girls’ developments and talents as songwriters, with notable tracks the unapologetic ‘Tester’, the melancholic ‘I Feel Cold But I Feel More’, and ‘To The Morning Light’, which rides on a charged riff.
While comparing Hinds’ sunbleached sound to tropical fruit feels lazy, there truly isn’t anything that fits the quartet better. Their songs taste best when listened to with a plethora of pineapple and papaya, mango and melon, lemons and limes. The record feels comprehensive here, with eleven songs of evolved, natural indie-pop, and dazy, surfy vibes.
7/10
