Swedish rock act the Hives has begun working on material for its next studio album, which it hopes to have ready for a fall 2006 release via Interscope. "It's so new," frontman Pelle Almvqist tells Billboard.com of the latest Hives songs. "We haven't played any of the songs live yet, but there's some really good ideas floating around."
The group just finished a tour of Japan and Australia, likely the last shows it will play in support of its 2004 album "Tyrannosaurus Hives." That set debuted at No. 33 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 171,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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