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VIAGRA Boys' Benjamin Valle is dead at 47.The band members said they "can't stop crying" over the passing of the guitarist and founding member.The ban
The album can, in fact, be treated as a concept album about the capacity for change that lies at the heart of even the most hard-boiled and unsympathetic of men, the kind we meet straight away on âAinât Niceâ and âToadâ. When âInto The Sunâ introduces us to a similar figure having a Damascene moment in which he realises the damage he has caused, we realise that we are, in fact, following a single flawed protagonist: an aging huckster who loves nothing but his dog, his drugs and himself. Travelling with this self-sabotaging antihero though his highs and lows,...
Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz (Album Review) Tuesday, 12 January 2021 Photo: Marcus Wilen With the future of global democracy in a perilous, yet darkly comic, place, it’s probably a good time for a new release from Stockholm-based satirical edgelords Viagra Boys. The post-punk quintet’s second album ‘Welfare Jazz’ is an energetic exercise in scuzz-rock fusion that demonstrates an attractive versatility, but also the limitations inherent in calling your band Viagra Boys. We open with the single Ain’t Nice, a breakup song that lists singer (and tattoo artist) Sebastian Murphy’...
Viagra Boys CREDIT: Fredrik Bengtsson Viagra Boys have released another satirical cut from their brand new album ‘Welfare Jazz’, a rhetoric track entitled ‘Girls & Boys’. Dropping today (January 8) to coincide with the release of the Swedish band’s sophomore album, ‘Girls & Boys’ was produced by Matt Sweeney (Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Run The Jewels), Justin and Jeremiah Raisen (Sky Ferreira, Kim Gordon), and past collaborators Pelle Gunnerfeldt and Daniel “Fagge” Fagerström (The Hives, The Knife). The song has been released alongside a live performance, filmed as part of ...
Sebastian Murphy of Viagra Boys and Amy Taylor. Credit: Getty/NME Viagra Boys have teamed up with Amy Taylor of Amyl And The Sniffers to cover âIn Spite Of Ourselvesâ by the late John Prine. Prine originally released âIn Spite Of Ourselvesâ in 1999 on his album of the same name. Just as Viagra Boysâ cover features the Australian singer Taylor, the original saw Prine link up with Iris DeMent. Where the original is characterised by its folky lilt, Viagra Boysâ rendition begins at a livelier tempo, before mellowing into a breezy lo-fi affair. Advertisement The cov...