Sweden’s punk band Viagra Boy’s new album, viagr aboys, is a rhythmic rejection of the everyday acceptance of capitalist values. Released on April 25, 2025, their seventh studio album is a blend of fun and freedom, retaliation and self-righteousness, set against a loud backdrop of swinging melodies and abrupt guitar chords. With several current cultural references, it is a colorful interpretation of modern liberation. A varied collection of debate-driven songs, each one contributes a slice of perspective to the philosophy that Viagra Boys may live dangerously, but at least they are in charge of their own destinies.

Beginning with “Man Made of Meat,” the first track is a catchy, garage band tune that whirls around frontman Sebastian Murphy’s rugged vocals. With a bumping beat, the song serves as the album’s opening statement as it emanates a swift air of carelessness from its lyrics and sonic qualities. As Murphy sings, “I don’t want to pay for anything / Clothes and food and drugs for free,” he establishes the band’s socio-political stance: to renounce everything ingrained with capitalist values in favor of self-expression and free will, no matter the consequences. Musically, this message is conveyed through the song’s quick tempo, which swiftly bypasses conservative critique and disapproval. 

Track four, “Pyramid of Health,” testifies to the oppressive nature inherent in controlling societies and the physical and mental destruction it imposes on individuals who dutifully abide by these systems. Portrayed through a medical narrative, where Murphy acts as a patient with complicated symptoms due to his experimental lifestyle, the song is a metaphor for the elaborate steps to restoration that perpetrators of capitalism distribute on the grounds of “saving its citizens.” The lyrics, “Drink this sludge and you’ll know what I mean / The pyramid of health is in everything / So I looked up in the sky and saw it clear / the earth we live in isn’t shaped like a sphere / It’s a shape of a pyramid…” demonstrate this scheme of exploitation framed as help. Ultimately, the song’s amped up guitar sequences and creeping pace aid in the recap of this haunting story.        

Final track eleven is an example of the musical diversity in viagr aboys that remains faithful to the motive of the album. As a soft ballad, it is as romantic as it is an oppositional, political commentary that states what Viagra Boys believes to be of real substance in life. The lyrics “Looking at you / Everything feels easier now” electrify this double-edged sword of sweetness and sensibility that the boys wield to conquer the impending capitalist influence within their own lives. 

The Viagra Boys are a cool gang of social vigilantes who admirably unite emotion and activism in their music. They make caring look cool and their new album, viagr aboys, is all about this balance and the self-empowerment that rebellion brings when it is done in the name of social freedom.