Viagra Boys release "Girls & Boys" as final preview of second album Welfare Jazz

"Girls & Boys" marks the band's first release of 2021, following last month's cover of John Prine's "In Spite Of Ourselves" featuring Amy Taylor of Amyl and The Sniffers. The new track will feature on Viagra Boys' Welfare Jazz album alongside earlier releases "Creatures" and "Ain't Nice".

The new single features production from Matt Sweeney (Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Run The Jewels), brothers Justin and Jeremiah Raisen (Sky Ferreira, Kim Gordon) and past collaborators Pelle Gunnerfeldt and Daniel Fagerström (The Hives, The Knife).

Welfare Jazz will follow Viagra Boys' 2018 debut Street Worms.

Lead vocalist Sebestian Murphy says of the album, "I’m not good at talking about politics, but everything is political when it comes down to it. I’d rather write a song about being defeated, which usually comes from a real place and says a lot. We wrote these songs at a time when I had been in a long-term relationship, taking drugs every day, and being an asshole. I didn’t really realise what an asshole I was until it was too late, and a lot of the record has to do with coming to terms with the fact that I’d set the wrong goals for myself."