The Haunted Youth step fully into a bold new chapter with Boys Cry Too, their sophomore album released May 8th via [PIAS], a record that doesn’t just expand their world, but fractures it open. Led by Joachim Liebens, the project leaves behind the dreamy, bedroom-pop haze of their debut in favor of something far more urgent, volatile, and emotionally exposed. At the center sits “deathwish,” a defining moment that captures the album’s raw core. It’s restless and self-destructive in tone, distortion colliding with fragile melody, where vulnerability is no longer hidden, but delivered with a clenched intensity. Featuring Max Fry, the track feels like an emotional breaking point set to sound – confessional, unfiltered, and impossible to ignore! Across Boys Cry Too, that tension becomes the driving force. Where Dawn Of The Freak drifted through soft-focus melancholy, this new record is louder, sharper, and more confrontational, channeling heartbreak through anger before gradually revealing something more vulnerable underneath. Liebens frames it as an exploration of masculinity in flux: the armor, the chaos, and the quiet unraveling that follows. Sonically, the shift is just as striking. Live drums and jagged guitars cut through the band’s signature synth textures, pulling from the grit of ‘90s alt and grunge while still holding onto their atmospheric DNA. The result is a record that feels expansive yet deeply personal, like a coming-of-age story unfolding in real time, equal parts collapse and catharsis. Listen to “deathwish” HERE.