Interview: Viagra Boys’ Sebastian Murphy on New Album ‘Welfare Jazz’

The music of Viagra Boys, a fusion of freeform and linear modernity, hangs atop the beatnik impressions of singer and lyricist Sebastian Murphy. Both are counterpoint, allowing for distinction and intoxication. The fusion sounds like something you’d make if you felt free as hell, where consequences were void, and life filled your lungs with purpose. The charm is the vitriol, and the open dialogue. “I kind of write it, and then I realize maybe two weeks later, oh fuck, this is too personal, and then I regret it,” Murphy laughs. “But done is done. I think it’s therapeutic in a way too, you just have to get over it. And now, like, the fact I did it over a year ago, I don’t give a shit at all. I’m in a completely different place now, so I’m totally fine with that.” Welfare Jazz, the band...

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