The Haunted Youth share new single "murder me" | new album 08/05

Off the back of triumphant packed-out shows at SXSW, The Haunted Youth return with murder me, the second single from their forthcoming album, Boys Cry Too, out via Play It Again Sam on May 8, 2026.

The band’s new material is more fiery and red-blooded than anything that has come before, take the goth grunge thrash of the band’s latest single murder me for example. When creating this record, frontman Joachim Liebens explains, “I was really in touch with the male side of my emotions. The first half of the record is basically how everyone sees a boy when he’s heartbroken: he puts his walls up, he’s paranoid, he’s angry, he’s aggressive. But then the second half is this whole other story – it’s vulnerable,” he continues. “I want to show the vulnerable part of men and boys and celebrate it instead of making it this whole stigma that’s been going on for so long.”

Listen to murder me here: thehauntedyouth.ffm.to/murder-me

Pre-order Boys Cry Too here: thehauntedyouth.ffm.to/boys-cry-too

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