# Boy Harsher announce Get Mean album with new single Hard Beat

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/boy-harsher-announce-new-album-get-mean-with-intoxicating-single-hard-beat/
- Published: 2026-07-21T16:16:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-21T22:32:39+00:00
- Original publisher: NME
- Original article: https://www.nme.com/news/music/boy-harsher-announce-new-album-get-mean-with-intoxicating-single-hard-beat-3958229?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boy-harsher-announce-new-album-get-mean-with-intoxicating-single-hard-beat
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Boy Harsher announce album 'Get Mean', out 18 September via Atlantic
- New single 'Hard Beat' explores surveillance, deviance and trauma
- North American tour and debut film, The Lonely Woman, also confirmed

## Summary

Boy Harsher have announced their new album 'Get Mean', released on 18 September via Atlantic, and shared its latest single, 'Hard Beat'. The record marks the electronic duo's first full-length release since 2019's 'Country Girl Uncut' and 2022's soundtrack to The Runner, with its 12 tracks exploring grief, heartbreak, loss and survival following the end of members Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller's romantic relationship in early 2024.

'Hard Beat', built around thumping synths and haunting vocals, addresses surveillance, deviance and trauma, and arrives with a music video co-directed by the band and cinematographer Owen Smith-Clark; it follows previously released single 'Jeans', also featured on the album. The duo said the record blends their established synth-driven sound with new elements such as detuned pads, guitar textures and pop inflections. They will support 'Get Mean' with a North American headline tour beginning in Hudson on 25 September and taking in Montreal, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New Orleans, while also working on a debut feature film, The Lonely Woman, starring Chloë Sevigny, FKA twigs and Sturgill Simpson.

## Coverage

- [NME: Boy Harsher announce Get Mean album with new single Hard Beat](https://www.nme.com/news/music/boy-harsher-announce-new-album-get-mean-with-intoxicating-single-hard-beat-3958229?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boy-harsher-announce-new-album-get-mean-with-intoxicating-single-hard-beat)
- [Clash: Boy Harsher Detail New Album ‘GET MEAN’](https://www.clashmusic.com/news/boy-harsher-detail-new-album-get-mean/)

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