LOS ANGELES, CA- There’s something deliciously deceptive about Phoneboy’s latest single, “Talking To Heads”. It opens with a hook that wastes no time—the titular line “I’m talking to heads” arriving like a confessional in motion, flanked by minimal bass, keys, and guitar. Then, just as the emotional temperature sets in, the drums kick in with a pulsing beat that drives the track forward like a half-drunk revelation made at closing time.
Sonically, it’s indie rock dressed in neon optimism—jangly, bright, and full of color. But lyrically, the band is pulling no punches. “So baby, I’m going… Back to the part / Where you said you miss me / It wasn’t you talking, it was the whiskey,” they sing in the chorus—melodic, vulnerable, and dripping in a kind of sad clarity you only get once the party’s over and the lights are up. The bridge slows the momentum just enough to make the chorus swell hit harder when it returns, a textbook case of dynamic tension done right.
According to the band, the song is about coming to terms with unreciprocated love—specifically, realizing the person you’re with is really in love with someone else. It’s a gut-punch premise, but Phoneboy have never been ones to wallow. Instead, they lean into their knack for balancing heavy subject matter with bright, infectious arrangements. “It’s the kind of song that hits just as hard at the party as it does on the drive home,” they said in a press release, and they’re not wrong.
The single is a preview of their upcoming album Heartbreak Designer (out April 25 via AWAL), which promises a deeper, more introspective side to the band’s sound. If “Talking To Heads” is anything to go by, they’re threading the needle between emotional weight and pop-forward craftsmanship. This isn’t just breakup fodder—it’s a banger that bleeds.
Phoneboy might be designing heartbreaks—but they’re making them sound damn good in the process.
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2025 Tour Dates
Headline Tour
May 2 – Washington, DC- Union Stage
May 3 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall
May 4 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
May 6 – Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern
May 7 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
May 9 – Austin, TX – Parish
May 10 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips
May 12 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
May 13 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
May 14 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
May 16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
May 17 – Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
May 19 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall
May 20 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
May 21 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl
May 23 – Spokane, WA – District Bar
May 25 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
May 27 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
May 29 – Des Moines, IA – xBK
May 30 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
May 31 – Ferndale, MI – The Loving Touch
June 1 – Lakewood, OH -Mahall’s
June 3 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird
June 5 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
June 6 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
June 7 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
June 14 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
