Boy Harsher announces new album ‘GET MEAN’
It comes in the wake of the duo’s breakup as a couple.
Boy Harsher have announced their major label debut GET MEAN (via Atlantic).
The darkwave duo composed of Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller have also shared their new song "Hard Beat" alongside a self-directed music video. The song continues to explore the group's minimalist, bouncing sound, juxtaposing a bleary danceability with an industrial sonic palette. The Gregg Araki-esque video shows a "deviant" couple speeding down a highway as a series of surreal symbols and characters enter the frame.
The duo had previously released their up tempo single "Jeans," which will also be on the forthcoming record.
Notably, the new album announcement comes alongside further details about the duo's arduous past few years. Having formed and grown the band as a couple, Matthews and Muller broke off their romantic partnership in early 2024, putting the future of Boy Harsher in question. Following a period of travel and isolation from Matthews, the new record began to take shape. Subsequently the duo were able to complete the next chapter in their ever-expanding visual and sonic world with GET MEAN, recorded in eight locations across the U.S., Mexico, and Italy
Here's everything The FADER knows about Boy Harsher's GET MEAN so far.
Nathaniel Jerome.
When is GET MEAN being released?
GET MEAN will be released on September 18.
Is GET MEAN available to pre-order and pre-save?
Yes, GET MEAN can be pre-ordered and pre-saved here.
GET MEAN album art:
Boy Harsher.
GET MEAN tracklist:
1. Ronny
2. Jeans
3. Break Me
4. Tough Luck (When You Don’t Call)
5. Faulty
6. Coming Home
7. Hard Beat
8. Ice Pick (Walk Away)
9. Ivy’s Spiral
10. Pray 4 Me
11. Falling ~
12. Bleed
Are Boy Harsher going on tour?
Boy Harsher will be supporting the release of GET MEAN with a headlining fall tour that begins on September 25 in Hudson, New York and concludes in November at New York City's Knock Down Center. Boy Harsher will be supported by Choir Boy, Evanora Unlimited, True Blue, and Kassie Krut on select dates.
Boy Harsher North America Tour 2026 dates:
9/25 - Hudson, NY @ Basilica
9/27 - Boston, MA @ Royale
9/29 - Montreal, QC @ M Telus
9/30 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
10/01 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic
10/02 - Chicago, IL @ Metro SOLD OUT
10/03 - Chicago, IL @ Metro SOLD OUT
10/04 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
10/06 - Denver, CO @ Summit
10/09 - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall SOLD OUT
10/10 - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall SOLD OUT
10/11 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox SOLD OUT
10/12 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
10/13 - Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl SOLD OUT
10/15 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
10/16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium SOLD OUT
10/17 - Del Mar, CA @ The Sound
10/18 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory Festival Grounds^ SOLD OUT
10/20 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
10/21 - Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren
10/24 - Fort Worth, TX @ Sick New World*
10/26 - New Orleans, LA @ Republic
10/27 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
10/28 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
10/30 - Washington, DC @ The Howard Theatre
10/31 - Philadelphia, PA @ Making Time*
11/05 - New York, NY @ Knockdown Center
*= festival date
^= supporting TURNSTILE
