Downtown Boys – “Sirena”

Downtown Boys are getting ready to release Public Luxury, their first LP since 2017's Cost Of Living. So far the Providence punks have unleashed "No Me Jodas" and "You're A Ghost," and now they're back with "Sirena."

"'Sirena' brings together both earthly and divine concepts of what drives, moves, and calls us to action bigger than ourselves," Victoria Marie says, expounding:

Sirena is often translated from Spanish into English as "mermaid." The idea of a sirena as a guiding body essentially bending gravity and drawing one to the liminal space, whether it is where water meets sand or where our desire for a world where we are all free meets the reality that we have a lot of work to do. We are honored to have a video by Sarah Elawad that takes sublime archival footage that beautifully bends the mundanity of the time it takes for a flower to grow or a horse to race. We envision this song as a reminder that all of us have that siren in the form of a person, idea, dream, or gem that reflects light in darkness. The lyrics are an ode to the siren:

La gema
La joya
Divina
Preciosa

Las olas no se mienten
Las ojos no se engañan
Ya tenía en la mente
Hacia atrás al frente

The gem
The jewel
Divine
Precious

The waves never lie
The eyes don’t deceive
I’ve had her on my mind
And she goes back to front

Watch the video below.

Public Luxury is out 6/26 on Sub Pop.