Boy Harsher have announced their new album Get Mean along with the single Hard Beat. The record is scheduled to arrive on September 18 via Atlantic. It marks the electronic duo's first full album since 2019.
The 12-track album explores themes of grief, heartbreak, loss and survival. It follows the end of Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller's romantic relationship in early 2024 and incorporates new sounds including detuned pads and new romantic guitar textures.
Hard Beat features thumping synths and haunting vocals that address surveillance, deviance and trauma. The track includes the lyrics "Take the wheel and lost control/ trust me once/ let’s make it real" and comes with a music video directed by the duo and cinematographer Owen Smith-Clark.
Matthews described the project as coming from "what I had to give during the most extreme period of my life". The album will also include the previously released single Jeans.
Following the release, Boy Harsher will begin a North American headline tour on September 25 in Hudson. The duo are also developing a debut feature film titled The Lonely Woman that stars Chloë Sevigny, FKA twigs and Sturgill Simpson.
