“Fearlessly combines punk rock defiance with riot grrrl snottiness, and centers it all with empathetic lyrics and stirring melodies.”
Slowly working my way through KQED’s 10 Best Bay Area Albums of 2021, here’s some fun punk from Destroy Boys, a band originally formed in Sacramento and now based in the Bay. Open Mouth, Open Heart is furious, expansive, emotional, and—as the title says—full of heart.