Destroy Boys have announced that they’ll follow 2021’s Open Mouth, Open Heart with their fourth album, Funeral Soundtrack #4, on Aug. 9 via Hopeless Records (preorder).
As for why it’s called that, guitarist Violet Mayugba says, “Looking back, our first three albums marked the deaths of things. The first one was our high school album. On the second record, we went to college and were saying goodbye to our childhood. On the third one, we’d just gone through COVID, and, speaking for myself, I lost my entire sense of self and gained a new one.”
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Having made their last album with Will Yip, this one was produced by Carlos de la Garza (Paramore, the Linda Lindas, Best Coast), and it includes a song featuring both Mannequin Pussy and Scowl called “You Hear Yes.” You may have noticed that three songs from the album are already out — “Plucked,” “Beg For The Torture,” and “Shadow (I’m Breaking Down)” — and today they’ve released a fourth, the album closer “Boyfeel.” It’s a song that vocalist/guitarist Alexia Roditis began writing back in 2017 at 17 years old about their relationship with gender nonconformity, and the Tay Allard-directed video explores those same themes.
Watch the videos for all four singles and check out the artwork, tracklist, and list of upcoming tour dates below.
Funeral Soundtrack #4 tracklist1. Bad Guy2. Plucked3. Beg For The Torture4. Praying5. Amor divino6. Shadow (I’m Breaking Down)7. Shedding Skin8. Should’ve Been Me9. You Don’t Know10. You Hear Yes (feat. Mannequin Pussy and Scowl)11. Boyfeel
Destroy Boys 2024 tour datesJuly 27: Milwaukee, WIJuly 28: Madison, WI @ Majestic TheatreJuly 29: Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’sJuly 31: Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-FiAug 1: St. Louis, MO @ Red FlagAug 2: Chicago, IL @ Subterranean (Lollapalooza After Show)Aug 3: Chicago, IL @ LollapaloozaAug 14: Paredes De Coura, Portugal @ Paredes De CouraAug 15: Charleville-mezieres, France @ Cabaret VertAug 19: Esch-sur-alzette, Luxembourg @ RockhalAug 20: Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli VredenburgAug 22: Saint-Cloud, France @ Rock En SeineAug 23: Leeds, UK @ Leeds FestivalAug 24: Nottingham, UK @ Rescue RoomsAug 25: Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
