Boycrush is the alias of New Zealand recording artist, producer and session drummer Alistair Ross Deverick signed to Angry Mob Music publishing in Los Angeles, California.

Solo career

His first release was ''Everybody All The Time'' EP in 2012, which grew out of time spent at the Red Bull Music Academy in Madrid in 2011. In 2013 he opened for

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at her second ever NZ show at Galatos basement in Auckland. His second release, EP ''Girls On Top (2014)'' premiered on the Guardian with the lead single Flirt featuring on multiple music publications and being commissioned for use in the Hollywood film

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. The same EP earned him a nomination for the Critic's Choice prize at the 2015

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. In 2018 he released his debut album ''Desperate Late Night Energy'' which earned him a nomination for Best Electronic Artist at the 2018

Drumming career

In 2010 he joined

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and toured the United States and Europe in support of

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and in 2013 he played on and toured

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. In 2014 he played drums with

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on the ‘Dizzy Heights’ tour throughout Australia, Europe and the United States. He recorded drums for

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’s 2016 album Absolute Truth recorded with Mike Fabulous in Petone, Wellington. He also recorded drums for

's 2018 album Singles Club.

Solo discography

Compilation

* ''Various Assets Not For Sale'' (RBMA, 2011)

Albums

* ''Desperate Late Night Energy'', 2018 (self-released)

EPs

*''Everybody All The Time EP,'' 2012 (self-released) *''Girls On Top EP'', 2014 (self-released)

Singles

* ''PFFT / In a Former Life I Worshipped The Sun'' split 7-inch with Grayson Gilmour (

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) * ''Secrets / Soft Teeth'' split 7-inch with Watercolours (self-released)

Remixes

* "In Real Life",

(

) * "Giving Up On The Summer", Introverted Dancefloor (

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)

References

External links

Official website

Boycrush on Angry Mob Music

Boycrush soundcloud
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