The Haunted Youth return today with murder me, the second single lifted from their forthcoming album Boys Cry Too, due May 8, 2026 via Play It Again Sam. Leaning into a heavier edge, the track surges forward on grungy guitar riffs and a wall of crashing percussion, pushing their sound into bolder territory. It’s a confident step up - one that hints at a band ready to carry their bedroom-born introspection onto much bigger stages. Speaking about the process when creating the 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.” Take a listen below. 

Headline Tour - Max Fry as support 
April 3: Colours Hoxton, London - SOLD OUT 
April 4: Trabendo, Paris 
April 6: Paradiso, Amsterdam - SOLD OUT 
April 7: Paradiso, Amsterdam - SOLD OUT 
April 9: Hole44, Berlin 
April 10: Molotow, Hamburg - SOLD OUT 
April 11: Luxor, Cologne - SOLD OUT 
April 24: Mon, Madrid (w/o Max Fry) 
April 29: Cirque Royal, Brussels - SOLD OUT 
April 30: Cirque Royal, Brussels - SOLD OUT 
May 1: Cirque Royal, Brussels - SOLD OUT 
May 3: Cirque Royal, Brussels - SOLD OUT

FESTIVALS 
March 28: Ik Zie U Graag, Breda (NL) 
April 16th: Le Printemps de Bourges (FR) 
May 13/16: The Great Escape (UK) 
June 20: Pinkpop (NL) 
July 4: Rock Werchter (BE) 
July 10: Les Nuits Secretes (FR) 
July 12: Cactusfestival (BE) 
July 24: Rock Olmen (BE)

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