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Sacramento, California Punks Destroy Boys Say Society Is Being Force-Fed. 'FOIE GRAS' Is Their Answer, and Here's Why
The Sacramento quartet's fifth album, its first for Epitaph, features Frank Iero and arrives March 5, 2027, led by the horror-tinged single 'Hysteria.'
Destroy Boys think we're all being force-fed. The Sacramento, California punk band named its fifth album FOIE GRAS after the dish made by force-feeding ducks, and it arrives March 5, 2027, on Epitaph Records.
It's the band's first release for Epitaph, and the lead single, "Hysteria," is out now.
What FOIE GRAS means
The title came to the band while touring Europe, Clash reported. According to The Line of Best Fit, it's a metaphor for what the band sees society being force-fed: disinformation, consumerism, political carelessness and pressure to accept an untenable world as normal.
The sound stretches, too. Clash says the record draws on grunge, hardcore, post-punk, Britpop, breakbeats, bossa nova, and jazz-tinged passages, and calls it the band's "most ambitious work to date."
Guitarist Violet Mayugba sees it as a summation: "This album is the culmination of everything Destroy Boys is and has ever done. This is the most 'us' we have ever been."
Frank Iero, Zach Tuch and a horror-movie video
Zach Tuch, whose credits include Knocked Loose and Touché Amoré, produced the album. My Chemical Romance's Frank Iero made additional contributions and features on "Behavioral Euthanasia," per The Line of Best Fit.
"Hysteria" gives fans their first taste of the record more than four months ahead of release, and its video leans into dread. Mayugba co-directed it with Vince Lopez, drawing on analog horror like The Mandela Catalog and Backrooms, as well as The Shining, Clash reported.
Sacramento roots
Alexia Roditis and Violet Mayugba formed Destroy Boys on Oct. 6, 2015, as an acoustic project, according to Wikipedia. In the original plan, Roditis would play drums while Mayugba sang and played guitar. The name came from words Mayugba wrote on her chalkboard during a stretch of relationship trouble.
Today the lineup is Roditis on vocals and guitar, Mayugba on backing vocals and guitar, Narsai Malik on drums, and David Orozco on bass. The band has toured with Blink-182, Pierce The Veil, and Rise Against, and cites Operation Ivy, Against Me, Misfits, and Sleater-Kinney as influences, per The Line of Best Fit.
Before Epitaph, Destroy Boys spent several years on Hopeless Records, debuting there in 2021 with the single "Muzzle" and releasing Funeral Soundtrack #4 in 2024. Clash notes the band formed in Sacramento in 2015; Wikipedia says Orozco has played bass with them since 2021.
Where to listen and follow
Stream "Hysteria" now on your preferred service; FOIE GRAS arrives March 5, 2027, via Epitaph Records.
Sources
The Line of Best Fit — "Destroy Boys announce new album FOIE GRAS for Epitaph"
Clash — "Destroy Boys Announce New Album 'FOIE GRAS'"
Wikipedia — "Destroy Boys"