Downtown Boys’ debut LP ‘Full Communism’ is a thrashing record of songs about smashing the prison-industrial complex, racism, queerphobia, capitalism, fascism, boredom, and all things people use to try to close our minds, eyes and hearts. Released May 4 via Don Giovanni Records, the band has taken their ferocious live show on the road with labelmates Screaming Females, and they’ll celebrate a hometown throwdown in Providence, RI on April 5 before heading out for a national tour. They recently played SXSW and were hailed as “Band Most Likely to Make You Enter the Pit” by SPIN.
‘Full Communism’ comes at a current critical moment in the struggle for justice being fought in the US and throughout the world. It is set to a commanding tempo programmed make you move regardless of whether singer Victoria Ruiz is singing or shouting. The band revealed lead album single Monstro recently and today they shared Future Police – listen to the track below via YouTube.
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Downtown Boys are a bilingual political sax punk party from Providence, RI. Impossible to categorize and comprised of a formidable voice, two saxophones, guitar, bass and drums, their scathing energy is palpable in every room they take hold of. Shifting from English to Spanish, punk to rock to jazz to pure fun, their record is sure to open eyes, rattle ribs and bring dancefloors to their knees. The sextet will be on the road through the spring, hitting New York, DC and Chicago, see all the dates below.
Tour dates:
4/5: Providence, RI @ Columbus Theater (w/ Screaming Females)
5/8: Pawtucket, RI @ Machines with Magnets
5/9: Boston, MA @ Make Shift Boston
5/15: Brooklyn, NY @ Palisades (w/ The Homewreckers)
5/17: Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar (w/ Priests)
5/18: Washington, DC @ Black Cat Backstage
5/19: Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Roboto Project
5/20: Columbus, OH @ Legion of Doom
5/21: Bloomington, IN @ House Show
5/22: Chicago, IL @ Old Mount Happy
5/23: Milwaukee, WI @ Cocoon Room
5/24: Ann Arbor, MI @ 3rd Death Star
5/25: Buffalo, NY @ Sugar City
5/26: Toronto, ON @ S.H.I.G.B.S.
5/27: Ottawa, ON @ House of TARG
5/28: Montreal, QC @ La Vitrola
5/29: Portland, ME @ SPACE Gallery
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