Not content with simply celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album (the post-hardcore beast that is Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby) on the road, Girls Against Boys have revealed their first new material since going on an indefinite hiatus a decade ago. Available for download below, “It’s a Diamond Life” is a bass-heavy reminder of the band’s Dischord roots (Fugazi’s drummer was a founding member, and three-fourths of the group was in the cult D.C. hardcore group Soulside) and a comforting sign that this fall’s reunion EP will sound nothing like Freak*on*ica…
Girls Against Boys tour dates:
5/10 Lyon, France – Nuits Sonores Festival
5/11 Milan, Italy – Bloom
5/12 Bologna, Italy – Locomotiv
5/14 Paris, France – Nouveau Casino
5/15 Caen, France – Big Band Cafe
5/16 Bordeaux, France – Le BT59
5/17 Clermont-Ferrand, France – La Cooperative De Mai
5/18 La Rochelle, France – La Sirene
5/19 Toulouse, France – La Dynamo
7/18 Ostrava, Czech Republic – Colours of Ostrava Festival
8/2 Katowice, Poland – OFF Festival
8/11 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
8/12 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
8/13 Washington, DC – TBA
