Today Portland band foamboy releases a new stand-alone single, “Book and a Cold,” a dance pop tune lamenting a failed relationship. This single comes on the heels of two other recently released tracks, “Summering” and “Phone.”
The band gives some background on the song:
“This song about an anticlimactic love affair was revived from the archives. I originally produced it as a slow/sleepy beat with just the chorus lyrics “all I got from you was a book and a cold/I’m tired of maybes to soften the blow.” Five years later, Wil turned it into a big glittery disco song, which was great, but it meant I had to go back and write some verses. As someone who normally starts and finishes the lyrics of a song within a few days, it was an interesting challenge to complete something I had started so long ago.” -Katy
foamboy are a Portland-based pop duo comprised of producer Wil Bakula and vocalist Katy Ohsiek. They released their sophomore record Eating Me Alive in March 2024. While the new project still has that dreamy and dance-y nature to it, it paints a much darker sonic landscape, as Katy’s lyrics lament the rise and fall of a complicated and crushing relationship. The themes explored on the album include reckoning with the aftermath of public art, discovering queer identity, rejecting heteronormative narratives, surviving grad school, and giving up in a good way.
The album contains a diverse offering of songs: the longer disco tracks the group is known for, short dreamy interludes, wavy electronic ballads, and distorted psych-inspired pop tunes. It is very much a reflection of the group working with a full seven-piece band for a full year prior to recording, and contains a concoction of both electronic and live instruments. While the song aesthetics are varied, Wil took care in crafting the album as one unit, weaving the songs in and out of each other. Selections from Eating Me Alive have played on KCRW and KEXP, placed on Spotify and Apple Music editorial playlists, and led to press coverage from the Portland Mercury and Willamette Week, the latter describing foamboy as one of Portland’s “Best New Bands.” The band is currently playing frequent shows on the west coast and is in the process of recording the next LP.
TOUR DATES
March 8, 2026 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios / Portland Jazz Fest
