Viagra Boys – ‘Welfare Jazz’
Eight days into 2021 and it’s still as bleak and chaotic as 2021. Some things never change. But out of the bleakness comes something new and refreshing. Something so distracting, it’s difficult not to become fully invested in it. Enter Viagra Boys. The Stockholm band have a always been a little twisted. Their 2018 debut album ‘Street Worms’ set the tone of redefining genre expectations, lacing each track with a twist of sardonic snark and lo-fi, discordant instrumentation. That formula has remained with latest album ‘Welfare Jazz’, maintaining the misogynistic, dysfunctional imagery that frontman Sebastian Murphy portrays. As proved by their name, Viagra Boys tread the line between humour and provocation seamlessly, a line that could easily be blurred if it wasn’t for their delivery being ...
