Downtown Boys Announce New Album 'Public Luxury' With First Single No Me Jodas
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Naomi Yang
Downtown Boys have laid out plans for their fourth studio album and their first in nine years.
The Rhode Island hardcore punks will release 'Public Luxury' on June 26, marking their first album since 2017's 'Cost Of Living' and their debut for Sub Pop Records.
It was produced by the band's Joey La Neve DeFrancesco and recording engineer Seth Manchester, whose previous credits include Lambrini Girls, Lightning Bolt, Model/Actriz, at Machines with Magnets in Pawtucket, with mastering by Heba Kadry. DeFrancesco said:
"This record is bigger and more expansive than anything we’ve done before. In writing this music, I tried to get closer to the feeling and sound of our live shows, which is where Downtown Boys is best experienced. When we perform, the guitars, keyboards, saxophones, the singing and intros, and the crowd yelling along with us all blend into a beautiful, cathartic energy. We wanted these songs to carry the depth of that live experience onto the recording itself."
On the album's themes, singer Victoria Marie added: "We as the people have the power – and we will have it all. The ultimate burn to injustice is taking the dirt, the shards, the smoke of it all in the struggle for freedom and liberation — finding power in the mundane — I think that is the story to be told."
Alongside the announcement, the band have shared an defiant new single, No Me Jodas (Don't Fuck Me), which serves up danceable, sax-fuelled punk and arrives with a John McKay-directed video shot at a small club show in Brooklyn, starring Mariachi Internacional Tapatio De Alvaro Paulino.
In the time since 'Cost Of Living', Downtown Boys have put out a couple of cover songs and released music for the 2020 film Miss Marx.
They'll play shows in Providence in Rhode Island, Boston and Portland later this week. Head here for details.
'Public Luxury' tracklist:
1. No Me Jodas
2. The City Begins
3. Sirena
4. Yellow Sun
5. Viva La Rosa
6. Enemy Without
7. You’re a Ghost
8. Albuterol
9. Mi Concha
10. Public Works
11. Public Luxury
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