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[ATTENDED: November 25, 2023] Destroy Boys

My son was listening to Destroy Boys a few months ago and I really dug their sound.  I imagined they’d be really fun to see live, so I made a note to see when they came near us.

Then it turned out that they were opening this show for Pierce the Veil.

I’d rather have seen them in a small venue, but seeing them at all is better than not seeing them.

Since we knew how long it took us to get to Reading after going on Wednesday, we planned our timing and had enough time to get some dinner (at a Bojangles!).  We still cut it a little closer than I liked but after we parked and scampered to the arena, we had a comfortable amount of time to find our seats before the lights dimmed and the band came out.

To virtual invisibility.

For some godawful reason, the venue decided to bathe the band in purple, which rendered them almost entirely invisible from where we were seated.   It stayed that way for a couple of songs and then they switched to a friendlier white/yellow schema so you could actually see how many people were on stage.  Although I feel like there were five sometimes, I only see 4 band members listed: Alexia Roditis vocals / guitar ; Violet Mayugba guitar ; Narsai Malik – drums ; David Orozco – bass.  But I’m also pretty sure there was some instrument switching going on.

The sound was also a little rough (arena shows, amiright?) but the band’s energy was undeniable.

When we finally could see them, they were jumping around stage and generally kicking butt. 

We were all bummed that their set was only 25 minutes.  Fortunately, their songs are pretty short, so they were able to cram in seven, hitting every record and even some new singles.

It definitely made us all want to see see them (actually see them) in a small club when they come around next time.

1. Drink ©
2. Crybaby ⇔
3. Beg For The Torture ∀
4. Shadow (I’m Breaking Down) ∀
5. I Threw Glass at My Friend’s Eyes and Now I’m on Probation ⊗
6. Muzzle ©
7. Fences ∠

∀ single (2023)
© Open Mouth, Open Heart (2021)
∠ single (2020)
⇔ Make Room (2018)
⊗ Sorry, Mom (2016)