The Boondocks are coming to a town near you with their loudest set yet

The Boondocks are loud. So loud it's hard to believe there are only two of them. What's more is they play all the parts live. None of those pre-record filler parts. The good old days. Music that is actually performed live - like it should be. They're about to hit the road with Devilskin for eight date tour of Aotearoa. Scott Parker (vocalist/bassist) shared his perspective on performing as a two piece live act and what's in store for audiences ahead of the upcoming shows.

You're a two-piece act and I love this concept. You do such an incredible job at sounding massive. What does the writing process look like for you guys?

Songs often start with a riff, and then will be followed by a melody usually. Then brought into the jam room for further development. Once we jam it a few times, we will bring it into the studio to work on it with our producer, Scott Seabright. 

However, a song can come from many places for us, whether it’s something spontaneously made in the jam room, something thought up while working, trying to implement a certain mood, or just noodling on an acoustic nylon string guitar. Inspiration can strike at any moment. 

Supporting Devilskin across eight NZ dates is such a cool opportunity. You're not strangers to sharing the bill with bigger acts - Shihad, Villainy, etc. How are you feeling heading into these shows?

So excited. We are so grateful to be able to open for such an awesome kiwi band like Devilskin, for an entire national tour nonetheless. It is not lost on us, and we’re super appreciative that we have been given this opportunity, cause it is genuinely a dream come true. 

It’s a pretty surreal feeling. We only started this band 4 years ago. It’s been a crazy ride so far. It feels like it wasn’t even that long ago that we played our first gig at Ding Dong Lounge on a Thursday night. It’s been really exciting and rewarding coming from that, to being here. 

For me [Scott]  personally, it was about 8 years ago that I went and saw Devilskin for the first time, at Logan Campbell Centre. I was right up the front, and I never would have ever thought I’d one day be sharing the stage with them. 

Hell a time has an almost 80s influenced rock tone with a chorus-like effect on the bass. Did you set out to do this intentionally or was it more so a by-product of trying to sound big?

I was trying really hard to make something kind of nirvana-esque instrumentally, and they use a lot of chorus, so it was definitely a nod to that. It was also done to give this song something different texturely in context to the other songs on the album. 

Does being a two piece ever create limitations to what you can do, and how do you get around it?

It certainly has it’s limitations, but I also think limitations make you be creative in different ways. A lot of the music we are writing at the moment is a lot more angular, and rhythmically interesting, which is definitely a bi-product of having to try think of new ways to keep things interesting.

With the album out last year, do you have any plans for an upcoming new material?

We are releasing our first new song since October 2025 on July 24th, to coincide with the first date of our tour with Devilskin. It is called ‘Drive’. We did a music video and everything for it, thanks to NZOA. Boonies fans can expect more material throughout 2026 for sure. We got some cool as stuff in the works. 

What can we expect to see from you at these upcoming shows with Devilskin?

We made sure our set lists for these shows were as hefty as possible. We have been writing/recording a lot of heavy songs lately. What better way to show them off than on the road with Devilskin? You can expect some fierce, and frantic new tunes, as well as some of our older heavier songs.