photo credit: Jenna Murray
Today, burgeoning NYC rock outfit The Dutch Kills have shared new single “Boulder.” Exploring a grungier, sludgier side of the band’s sound, the track arrives alongside a playful, eye-catching new video, which the band will screen tonight as part of a special video release show at Mercury Lounge.
WATCH AND LISTEN TO “BOULDER” HERE.
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Built around the frustration of loving someone utterly unwilling to budge, “Boulder” finds The Dutch Kills pushing into heavier territory while retaining the wit and emotional candor at the heart of their songwriting.
The band comment on the track:
“I hate stubborn people. I hate being stuck. This song is about dating someone who is relentlessly both stubborn and stuck, and somehow I’m the person that needs to work on myself. Blow yourself!
The bridge to me feels like a moment of clarity. A little should I stay or should I go now. Sisyphus would have loved this.
This song is about a person dating a Boulder of a person. Confident, seemingly strong, but an immovable force that can only crush the people around it.”
The track also offers an early glimpse at the direction of The Dutch Kills’ forthcoming EP. “We chose to release ‘Boulder’ as the first single off the EP since I feel like a new sound we’ve been exploring. Something grungier, sludgier, and altogether moving through some more intense sounds and themes,” they say.
The accompanying video takes that intensity somewhere decidedly more surreal, placing the band in a bright, carnival-like setting populated by knife throwing, magic and spectacle. The playful visual world makes an unlikely foil for the song’s heavier emotional undercurrent, bringing “Boulder” and its immovable subject to life with a sense of humor intact.
The Dutch Kills make the kind of rock ’n’ roll that sounds better turned up loud. Fronted by Julia Von Dutch on vocals and guitar, with Alec Berry on lead guitar, Maxine McCormick on bass, and Heather Jensen on drums, the Brooklyn four-piece pull from the sweet, down-and-dirty side of ’90s grunge, punk, and rock. Since forming in 2023, they’ve sold out Union Pool, packed the Bowery Ballroom, and made the pilgrimage to SXSW twice, including the Grillos x Hotel Vegas Showcase in 2025. Back home, they’ve shared the stage with Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers, The Frights, Starcleaner Reunion, Thesaurus Rex, and plenty more. Their debut EP, The Rot, was produced by Aleksi Godard and Gordon Raphael and recorded at The Hit Factory and Electric Lady Studios. With new music looming at the end of ’26, The Dutch Kills are doing what any good group of rockers should: making noise, filling rooms, and giving people a reason to party hard. New music is imminent!
“Boulder” Single art:
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