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Sacramento punks Destroy Boys have a new album coming next month and today they are back with a new song + video from it ‘Should’ve Been Me.’ Clocking in at a little over one minute the song is a full-out sprint clawing to stay on solid ground. Violet Mayugba of the band notes “Should’ve Been Me is a one-minute embodiment of rage that was formed when I went through a serious breakup. When I found out my ex had been seeing someone else, I screamed like I had never screamed before, and that’s the voice you’re hearing. The video demonstrates my rage and fear for the future battling it out.” The accompanying video personifies the all-encompassing rage. Watch it here. The song follows their previous single ‘Boyfeel,’ a song vocalist Alexia Roditis started writing at 17, where they explore their evolving relationship with gender nonconformity. The album also includes the previously released ‘Plucked’, ‘Shadow (I’m Breaking Down)’ and ‘Beg For The Torture.’
The band recently announced a North American tour in support of the album. Kicking off October 25th in Seattle, the 22-date tour will hit Portland, Chicago, Detroit, New York, DC and many more. Support on the tour will include Teen Mortgage, Sasami and Chokecherry on select dates. They’ll also be playing a clutch of European festival appearances including Reading & Leeds festivals in the UK this summer, plus a headline show in Nottingham and a date with The Offspring in Luxembourg. Tickets can be found here.
‘Funeral Soundtrack #4’, which is due 9th August via Hopeless Records is their fourth album. It features Mannequin Pussy and Scowl and was produced by Carlos de la Garza (Paramore, The Linda Lindas, Best Coast). It captures the band at their most evolved, miles ahead of the scrappy, teenage sound that a new generation of rock fans fell in love with on their 2016 debut ‘Sorry, Mom’, but without losing their identity in the process. Recorded over the course of 2023, de la Garza pushed the band into new sonic territories. It’s still grounded in the band’s punk rock roots but leans into the members’ more eclectic influences, like salsa and bossa nova. De la Garza also helped highlight their gothier inspirations, like The Smiths, Cocteau Twins, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The album’s title points to the death and rebirth of the members and their music over the course of their careers. “Looking back, our first three albums marked the deaths of things,” says guitarist Violet Mayugba. “They were soundtracks to our funerals, whether they were for our ages or our mental states. We’ve gone through a lot of changes as a band and as people.” Destroy Boys formed in 2015, when founding members Mayugba and Alexia Roditis were just 15 years old, and each release has marked a period of growth and change. “The first one was our high school album,” Mayugba explains. “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.”
DESTROY BOYS TOUR DATES:
July 27: Milwaukee, WI
July 28: Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
July 29: Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
July 31: Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
Aug 1: St. Louis, MO @ Red Flag
Aug 2: Chicago, IL @ Subterranean (Lollapalooza After Show)
Aug 3: Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
Aug 14: Paredes De Coura, Portugal @ Paredes De Coura
Aug 15: Charleville-mezieres, France @ Cabaret Vert
Aug 19: Esch-sur-alzette, Luxembourg @ Rockhal
Aug 20: Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg
Aug 22: Saint-Cloud, France @ Rock En Seine
Aug 23: Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
Aug 24: Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
Aug 25: Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
Oct 25: Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Oct 26: Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theater
Oct 27: Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Oct 29: Salt Lake City @ The Complex
Oct 31: Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Nov 3: Fort Worth, TX @ Tannanhill’s Tavern & Music Hall
Nov 4: Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall
Nov 6: Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
Nov 7: Columbus, OH @ The King of Clubs
Nov 8: Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Nov 9: Detroit, MA @ The Eastern
Nov 10: Toronto, CA @ The Opera House
Nov 12: Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
Nov 14: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
Nov 15: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Nov 16: New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Nov 17: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Nov 19: Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
Nov 20: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
Nov 22: Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Midtown
Nov 23: San Antonio @ Paper Tiger
Nov 24: McAllen, TX @ Cine El Rey
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