BOYISH WRITES A LETTER TO THEIR YOUNGER SELVES WITH LITTLE DEMON BOY
Face down on the bathroom floor, feeling out of place at a party in Los Angeles, or exploring a new plugin at Minnehaha Recording Company in Minneapolis, MN are all places you could find Boyish while they were making their upcoming EP Little Demon Boy.
Boyish, comprised of Claire Altendahl and India Shore, write, unabashedly, for themselves. For their past, their future and present — the 388 thousand monthly listeners they’ve gained along the way are just a bonus. Six tracks, one feature (the illustrious King Princess) and reverb that you can practically feel in your soul are a gift directly from the duo, to themselves.
If you’re already hooked by this EP (and trust us it does not disappoint) it might be due to it’s title. Little Demon Boy, out September 8, is the embodiment of the duo trying to keep themselves grounded as they began to realize that there are, in fact, people following along with everything that they put into the world.
“We got pretty lost musically for a second and were struggling to make music amidst a cross country move and in between tours,” they said. “Everything felt very overwhelming and we were both trying to keep our heads above water, but every now and then one of us would crack and turn into a little demon boy and basically throw a tantrum. We really pushed ourselves with this project and it took an emotional toll on us, so the project as a whole feels like a little demon we had to wrestle.”
Taking inspiration from a mix of rock bands (such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes, and Radiohead) and lyrical goddesses (think Ethel Cain and Wolf Alice) the duo conveyed their feelings through all aspects of the songs. With their Mellotron (well, the Logic Pro plugin they use does just the trick), signature band instrument, acoustic guitar, and a couple of friends, the EP came to life.
“We mostly produced the entire EP just the two of us but worked with a couple of other producers for the first time,” they shared. “We got to work with King Princess on ‘Kill Your Pain’, Jake Luppen, Whistler Isaiah and DeCarlo Jackson from Hippo Campus on the song ‘Split Up’ and apob on ‘Is This A Breakdown Baby’.”
The hardest song to nail? The closing track, Doomscroller (a phrase we’re all too familiar with). Ending with the synths native to the project fading out, and acoustic guitar reminiscent of their past works fading in, with the narrator begging for their child to come out of their room, Boyish closes out this project the way it arrived – with a bang.
Little Demon Boy arrives on all platforms on September 8. Find Boyish on tour across the United States and Canada from September 6-October 20.