Viagra Boys
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Viagra Boys | |
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Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
Genres | |
Years active | 2015–present |
Labels | YEAR0001, Kosmos Recordings, Push My Buttons |
Members | Sebastian Murphy Benjamin Vallé Oskar Carls Henrik Höckert Tor Sjödén Elias Jungqvist |
Viagra Boys are a Swedish post-punk band from Stockholm.
The band was formed in 2015, with several members coming from the bands Les Big Byrd, Pig Eyes, Nine, Nitad and Neu-Ronz. In 2018, they released their first album, Street Worms. Nils Hansson, a journalist at the newspaper Dagens Nyheter described the band favorably, praising their musical style, as well as their use of black humor and satire, and rated the album a five out of five.[2]
In 2019, the band won IMPALA's (Independent Music Companies Association) "Album of the Year Award" for Street Worms.[3]
The band's second album Welfare Jazz was released in January 2021.[4]
Discography
Albums
- Street Worms (2018, YEAR0001)
- Welfare Jazz (2021, YEAR0001)
Extended plays
- Consistency of Energy (2016, Push My Buttons)
- Call of the Wild (2017, Push My Buttons)
- Common Sense (2020, YEAR0001)
Live albums
- Shrimp Sessions (2019, YEAR0001)
Singles
- "Sports" (2018, YEAR0001)
- "Just Like You" (2018, YEAR0001)
- "Ain't Nice" (2020, YEAR0001)
- "Creatures" (2020, YEAR0001)
- "In Spite of Ourselves" (2020, YEAR0001)
References
- ^ Jones, Daisy (2 October 2018). "Viagra Boys Might Genuinely Get You Back Into Post Punk". Noisey. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- Corcoran, Nina (1 October 2018). "Viagra Boys: Street Worms Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- Palm, Erik Augustine (2 October 2018). "Viagra Boys: The hidden depths of Stockholm's gonzo punk rockers". The Fader. Retrieved 14 March 2019. - ^ Nils Hansson (28 September 2018). "Dagens words: Viagra Boys är mycket mer än bara enkelspåriga". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "VIAGRA BOYS - Album of the Year WINNER 2019". IMPALA - Independent Music Companies Association. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- ^ "Viagra Boys: Welfare Jazz". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-01-14.