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Jun 4, 2025Boys These Days could just be a fun collection of witty pop-rock tunes that sound current while employing clever retro sounds. Either way, Boys These Days is a blast.
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May 23, 2025Sonically, it’s a step up from the guitar-driven mayhem that characterised their roots, without just slapping some synths on top like many of their indie counterparts. In reality, they’ve never sounded closer to that wacky, eccentric live band down your local on a Friday night – and maybe that’s where their truest form lies.
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May 22, 2025Even in the album’s earnest moments, where the band uncover substance beneath their snarky self-awareness, they still manage to slide in a razor-sharp critique or two.
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May 22, 2025Boys These Days – in step with recent records by fellow leading alt-rock lights Fontaines DC and Wolf Alice – is blind to restraints of era or genre, a work of invigorating emancipation rock.
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May 22, 2025Their kaleidoscopic songwriting and shotgun use of styles mirror the confusion of just how weird the world has become, and somehow their surrealism makes sense of it all.
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May 23, 2025On Boys These Days, their global outlook—both to address the problems of today and to sell a lot of records—turns away from their strengths.