Destroy Boys - 'Beg For Torture'

Destroy Boys release impassioned new single ‘Beg for the Torture’ as they prepare to take the stage for Coachella.

Destroy Boys is a trio of vocalist and guitarist Alexia Roditis, backing vocalist and guitarist Violet Mayugba and drummer Narasi Malki. Starting in Sacramento in 2015 by Alexia Roditis and Violet Mayugba while the duo was still in high school, as their first releases were acoustic demos on Bandcamp. Destroy Boys 2017 debut album, ‘Sorry, Mom’ is a classic for fans as they spawned the underground hit ‘I Threw Glass at My Friend’s Eyes and Now I’m on Probation’. Following a year after the album ‘Make Room’, which was recorded by Martin Cooke who has worked with Death Cab for Cutie and Of Monsters and Men.

As the trio’s songs took off on Spotify and TikTok, Destroy Boys signed with Los Angeles’ Hopeless Records in 2020. From this was the release of the 2021 LP ‘Open Mouth, Open Heart’ as the band dealt with pandemic-frustration and the rise of online bullying and gossip. Destroy Boys don’t stop there on this expressive and emotive album, as they feature two tracks in Spanish as bilingual member Alexia Roditis finds their voice in both languages. ‘Beg for The Torture’ is the first music from Destroy Boys since 2021 and was produced by Carlos de la Garza, who has worked with Paramore, Bad Religion and The Linda Lindas.

The rip-roaring new single ‘Beg for The Torture’ is a searing tornado of punk rock fuelled female empowerment. Violet Mayugba says that this new single is about being confused as when she was writing part of the lyrics, she found herself going back and forth between resentment and adoration for someone. “It encapsulates my feelings of obsession, rage, desperation, and catapulting between feeling like the sexiest woman alive and a neglected child’s plaything. We made it a point to make the instrumentals feel overwhelming and haunting to match how I feel. Sometimes my crushes make me feel like the girl who is bound to die first in an 80s horror movie - this song represents that."

In 2021, Destroy Boys headlined for the first time and had a succession of sold out shows with their connection to their fans was never stronger. As they rolled into 2022, Destroy Boys toured the UK with Alkaline Trio and Taking Back Sunday, before they crisscrossed to the US and produced lauded performances at Riot Fest, Dia De Los Deftones and more. And their new single comes just in time as they prepare for taking the stage at Coachella. With more 2023 live shows to come in Europe and the UK and festival dates through summer.

Words by Bethany Simms

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