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Je T' Aime frontman, dBoy, takes us into the latest full length album, "Useless Boy" in this track by track breakdown!

French post-punk masters Je T' Aime has been active and full productive since 2018. During their seven years of music, they have been established as one of the most important acts of modern post-punk, influenced by the genre pioneers, while adding their own unique aesthetics, creating cold and brooding soundscapes. Je T' Aime are dBoy (vocals), Crazy Z (bass), Little Bastard (guitar). In January 2025 their fourth full length LP saw the light of day under the name "Useless Boy" and released by Manic Depression Records / Icy Cold Records.

"Useless Boy" comes with ten unique tacks, ten sonic snapshots, that each one of them has its own story and background. Keeping their strong post-punk roots based on heavy basslines and shimmering, sharp guitar riffs, the Parisian trio adds new elements that points to pure synth pop blended with the gloomy and dark emotions!

Je T' Aime comments on "Useless Boy": " Useless Boy is an expressionist cry, a sad party where the melancholic thrill is always hidden behind illusory comforts. More than ever, it's a flight into the future, a rejection of the dreary conventions of the real world. We are locked away in our own intimate universe to avoid confronting dull, tasteless normality. Sorrows are sublimated by our all-consuming energy for which maturing rhymes with dying, skilfully juggling nostalgia and modernity.

Useless Boy is a new album of invisible walls, fractures, anguish and broken dreams... But since all victories are vain illusions, our exuberance and torment are a saving tornado, an antidote to the lies we tell ourselves day after day: no, we're not learning anything, we're not growing, and our glory days won't give meaning to our lives. In any case, this austere world leaves no room for the Useless Boys."

On the occasion of their "Useless Boy European Tour" and their appearance in Athens, Greece, on Saturday, March 22nd at Death Disco, the man with the passionate voice, dBoy, unpacks the album's insights in a track by track breakdown!

Nightcrawler

"Nightcrawler" is a hypnotic track in which the protagonist is consumed by an intense and dangerous passion. The lyrics evoke poignant solitude, burning desire and a mysterious figure embodying an erotic "nightbird".

Unbroken Sleep

"Unbroken Sleep" explores the struggle against a burdensome past, symbolised by a frantic race to escape the ghosts of past mistakes. The protagonist desperately seeks rest and inner peace after paying for his mistakes.

When Dreams Cease

The "Dreams Cease" evokes the desperate quest for perfection, whether through music or dreams, only to be met with emptiness and loneliness.

Useless Boy

"Useless Boy" depicts the inner distress of a boy who feels useless and lost, desperately searching for meaning in his life. The echoes of the past and the emptiness of his existence trap him in a cycle of doubt and loneliness.

Whispers [Lost in the Echoes]

Whispers [Lost in the Echoes] describes sleep paralysis, the agonising sensation of being trapped in a nightmare, where reality and dreams merge.

Dead Leaves

"Dead Leaves" explores the theme of loss and forgetting. The evocation of fallen leaves and the struggle against their disappearance reflect a poignant nostalgia for the fragility of memory.

Silent Monsters

"Silent Monsters" is about those lurking fears that creep into your mind at night—the ones that keep you awake, feeding your anxiety in the darkness. They are intangible, yet overwhelming, silent but deafening inside your head. The song paints a picture of these nocturnal demons, the ones that whisper doubts, regrets, and existential dread when the world outside is asleep. It explores the feeling of being trapped in your own thoughts, unable to escape the weight of your own mind.

Wrong Fold

"Wrong Fold" describes a lost boy, without ambition or purpose, wandering in a world that goes on without him. His existence seems marked by failure and oblivion, with shattered dreams and a life without direction. The song expresses the sadness of an extinguished youth, reduced to a ‘mistake’ in an indifferent system.

Letter From Hell

"Letter From Hell" is a song written in the form of a letter from a prisoner who describes his daily life in hell with a strange resignation. Despite the sadness of his situation, he seeks to reassure the recipient, almost hinting that he might enjoy hell too.

Stories Not Told

"Stories Not Told" explores the fear of death and the inevitable decline of the body in the face of old age. Each passing day accentuates this anguish. The song evokes a slow, inexorable descent towards the end, where illness and time take their toll on the soul.

"Useless Boy" performed by:
dBoy: vocals, guitars, synths, programming
Crazy Z.: guitars, bass, synths, programming
Tall Bastard: guitars, bass
Little Bastard: additional guitars