After nearly a decade and four albums, Destroy Boys are in an interesting spot in the band’s career. The founding duo of vocalist-guitarist Alexia Roditis and guitarist-vocalist Violet Mayugba have been running the bilingual, LGBTQ+ punk rock outfit since they were teens, toured the world multiple times over, played arena shows and major festivals with their heroes, and hosted a handful of annual events called Destroy Fest featuring all of their friends. Yet at the same time, it’s only since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic that the band has really hit its stride.
It started with locking in its rhythm section when bassist David Orozco joined for the release of 2021’s “Open Mouth, Open Heart” and continued through the band landing coveted festival slots in Chicago’s Riot Fest and Lollapalooza and opening for Blink-182 on the pop punk heroes’ massive comeback tour. Last year, Roditis and Mayugba even made the move down to Los Angeles from their native Sacramento in part to have easier access to industry friends and resources for the growing band. Of course, the quartet — which includes drummer Narsai Malik — has also come a long way musically since the days of Mayugba’s simple power chords and Roditis’ almost-spoken-word snarl on their early hit, “I Threw Glass at My Friend’s Eyes and Now I’m on Probation.
” “Open Mouth, Open Heart” showed a massive jump in their range with tracks like “Escape,” “Ruins” and “All This Love,” a foundat.