Viruette featuring Layzi - "PUNKTURED"

Photo by Jimmy Del Ponte

For their latest single, "Boston indie shapeshifters" Viruette have enlisted Layzi for a song called "PUNKTURED." Based on the name and the fact that it's all caps would make you assume it's a hard and fast punk rocker with lots of thrashy guitars. Instead, the pairing have given us a bizarro take on neo-soul. The song is ultra chill and heavy on groove that will make you want to dance instead of mosh. And that's before Layzi comes in with her vocals. If you haven't been won over by that point, it will be impossible not to be enamored with the song by then. "PUNKTURED" takes the updated Britpop sound we loved about Viruette's first single, adds in some heavy groove, and leaves us desperate to hear what they do next.

Frontman Harry Bee says of his band's latest single:

“Our first album was filled with songs about analysing moments from some remove. PUNKTURED is about inhabiting the beating heart of a moment, as two characters heed the call of the expansive Friday night that lays in wait for them. I wanted the song to slink, and embody a sense of yearning anticipation, detailing the inner monologues of the song’s two perspectives as they toss and turn at 11PM on a Thursday.” 

You can watch the video for "PUNKTURED" below. For more on Viruette, check out the band on Instagram. They're playing The Rockwell in Somerville, MA on June 28 with Dwelley and Spirit Ghost.