Destroy Boys release new album 'Funeral Soundtrack #4'
Destroy Boys release new album
‘Funeral Soundtrack #4’
Includes focus track ‘You Hear Yes’
ft. Mannequin Pussy & Scowl
UK & European tour dates this month
including Reading & Leeds Festivals
Sacramento punks Destroy Boys have released a new album, ‘Funeral Soundtrack #4’, via Hopeless Records. Their fourth album, ‘Funeral Soundtrack #4’, includes focus track ‘You Hear Yes’ featuring Mannequin Pussy and Scowl and was produced by Carlos de la Garza (Paramore, The Linda Lindas, Best Coast). The album also features singles ‘Boyfeel,’ a song vocalist Alexia Roditis started writing at 17, where they explore their evolving relationship with gender non conformity, ‘Should’ve Been Me’, ‘Plucked’, ‘Shadow (I’m Breaking Down)’ and ‘Beg For The Torture.’
‘Funeral Soundtrack #4’ 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, 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.”
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.
DESTROY BOYS TOUR DATES:
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
FOR MORE ON DESTROY BOYS:
Funeral Soundtrack #4 tracklist:
1. Bad Guy
2. Plucked
3. Beg For The Torture
4. Praying
5. Amor divino
6. Shadow (I’m Breaking Down)
7. Shedding Skin
8. Should’ve Been Me
9. You Don’t Know
10. You Hear Yes (feat. Mannequin Pussy and Scowl)
11. Boyfeel
