Destroy Boys ‘Open Mouth, Open Heart’

Destroy Boys have shared their third full-length, Open Mouth, Open Coronary heart, with followers in the present day.

Following beforehand launched singles similar to “Drink” and “Locker Room Bully,” Open Mouth, Open Coronary heart was produced by Will Yip (Panic! At The Disco, Model Pussy, the Mezingers) throughout lockdown.

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Whereas the document is their third album, it held loads of firsts for the band. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the group needed to change how they wrote, recorded and produced their music. 

Guitarist/vocalists Violet Mayugba and Alexia Roditis, together with drummer Narsai Malik, quarantined collectively in Philadelphia, the place they have been capable of give attention to the songwriting course of in a means they by no means had earlier than.

As a result of they’d time to dwelling in on the writing facet of the album, the group additionally had the liberty to excellent the manufacturing within the studio with Yip. The product is an album that showcases Destroy Boys’ progress as musicians.

“Everybody including their very own factor makes the songs come alive,” Roditis says in a press launch. “However the largest distinction was going from 19 to 21. I really feel like a distinct individual, aesthetically.”

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One other first for the band is that two of the album’s tracks have been recorded in Spanish. “Te llevo conmigo” and “Lo peor” are Roditis’ means of paying tribute to their household.

“I grew up bilingual,” Roditis says. “This tune is a tribute to my grandparents. I didn’t get to know them, however I really feel them round me, so I needed a tune to honor them. I haven’t heard many steel songs in Spanish, so I used to be excited to put in writing it.”

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You may watch the brand-new visible for “Te llevo conmigo” under, and tell us your ideas on Destroy Boys’ third album within the feedback.

Open Mouth, Open Coronary heart tracklisting:

1. “Locker Room Bully”
2. “Muzzle”
3. “Candy Tooth”
4. “Lo peor”
5. “Cherry Garcia”
6. “Te llevo conmigo (Right here Lie All These Who Have Come Earlier than Me)”
7. “Bob”
8. “Drink”
9. “Ruins”
10. “Escape”
11. “All This Love”
12. “For What”
13. “Secrets and techniques”

Destroy Boys tour dates:

10/10 – Oakland, CA @ Open Mouth, Open Coronary heart Document Launch
11/19 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Response
11/20 – San Diego, CA @ VooDoo Room
11/21 – Mesa, AR @ Nile Theater
11/23 – Austin, TX @ Antone’s
11/24 – Dallas, TX @ Ruins
11/26 – Nashville, TN @ The Finish
11/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory At The Masquerade
11/28 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
11/30 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Native 506
12/01 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd Music Home
12/02 – Hamden, CT @ Area Ballroom
12/03 – Brooklyn, NY @ Market Lodge
12/04 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
12/04 – Windfall, RI @ Fête Music Corridor Lounge
12/06 – Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Corridor
12/08 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahalls
12/09 – Hamtramck, MI @ The Sactuary
12/10 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge
12/11 – Springfield, MO @Odyssey Lounge
12/13 – Oklahoma Metropolis, OK @ 89th Road Collective
12/14 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad