Viagra Boys have reflected on the success of their 2025 breakthrough album ‘Viagr Aboys’ and opened up about new material.
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Asked if they knew how special ‘Viagr Aboys’ was during its production, frontman Sebastian Murphy joked that he has “too much self-loathing” for that.
Keyboard player Elias Jungqvist chimed in: “I think that day, when we feel that feeling, it’s time to quit.”.
The band co-produced the album with Pelle Gunnerfeldt of Swedish rock band Fireside. It’s their first official self-production credit on a Viagra Boys record.
Murphy explained of this dynamic: “It’s always good to have an outside perspective – and then sometimes it isn’t, so it’s a balance. It’s about the right people to work with, as well.
But we kind of get an outside perspective because there’s so many of us. If one person has one idea, then another person might hate it – and I think that’s healthy, to have a lot of different ideas about what’s good and what’s not.”.
Asked how having their own space affected the band’s creative process, Jungqvist replied: “When we made ‘Viagr Aboys’, we made the time to explore, to try the riffs and the songs and a lot of different forms and shapes and keys and stuff like that.
So that was a big difference from before. And we’re gonna continue from the same space.”.
The band also revealed details about new material that they’re currently working on.
Murphy said that it’s hard to pinpoint the style of the new material, though Jungqvist promised that it’s “eclectic”.
Reading 2026 continues today with performances from Holly Humberstone, Westside Cowboy, Loyle Carner, Violet Grohl, Florence + the Machine and Kneecap – plus a secret set from Lola Young.
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