{{Short description|American indie pop band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Shy Boys |image = SXSW 2019 - Shy Boys (46522255525).jpg | origin = Kansas City, Missouri, United States | genre = Indie rock, indie pop, psychedelic pop | years_active = 2012–present | label = High Dive Records, Polyvinyl Record Co. | associated_acts = The ACBs | current_members = *Konnor Ervin *Kyle Rausch *Collin Rausch *Kyle Little *Ross Brown }}
'''Shy Boys''' are an American indie-pop band from Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The line-up consists of brothers Collin Rausch and Kyle Rausch, Konnor Ervin, Kyle Little, and Ross Brown.
==Band history== The group formed shortly after the trio became roommates in 2012. Kyle Rausch and Ervin were already bandmates in the indie-pop band The ACBs and Collin had been playing for years in the Kansas City area in various bands. The three shared a love for 1960s era pop rock and soon started writing their own music.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hudnall |first1=David |title=The Shy Boys, quietly reviving the gentle pop of the early 1960s |url=http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/shy-boys-rodent-problem-december-2012/Content?oid=3081629 |website=Kansas City Pitch |access-date=12 September 2021 |archive-date=8 December 2012 |date=4 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208073948/http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/shy-boys-rodent-problem-december-2012/Content?oid=3081629 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2014 they released the self-titled ''Shy Boys'' on High Dive Records. The album received generally positive reviews,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18917-shy-boys-shy-boys/|title=Shy Boys: Shy Boys Album Review - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork.com|accessdate=4 August 2018}}</ref> and the single "Bully Fight" was featured on Spin.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2014/01/shy-boys-bully-fight-stream/|title=Stream Shy Boys' Inspired-by-Real-Life 'Bully Fight'|date=15 January 2014|website=Spin.com|accessdate=4 August 2018}}</ref> In June 2014 the band recorded and released two more singles and one of them, "Life Is Peachy," was featured on Stereogum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1689062/shy-boys-life-is-peachy-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/|title=Shy Boys – "Life Is Peachy" (|date=26 June 2014|website=Stereogum.com|accessdate=4 August 2018}}</ref>
On April 4, 2018, it was announced that the band had signed to Polyvinyl Record Co.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polyvinylrecords.com/news/2171/|title=Welcome to the family, Shy Boys!!|website=Polyvinylrecords.com|accessdate=4 August 2018}}</ref> and would be releasing their sophomore album, ''Bell House'' on August 3, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polyvinylrecords.com/news/2207|title=Shy Boys announce sophomore album Bell House (out 8/3) with new single|website=Polyvinylrecords.com|accessdate=4 August 2018}}</ref> The first single from the album, "Take the Doggie" and an accompanying lyric video were released on June 5, 2018.
==Discography== {{Discography list |Type=studio |Name=Shy Boys |Released=2014 |Format=CD/Cassette/Vinyl |Label=High Dive Records }} {{Discography list |Type=studio |Name=Bell House |Released=2018 |Format=CD/Cassette/Vinyl |Label=Polyvinyl Record Co. }}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150122123102/http://highdiverecords.com/index.php/the-acbs/ Highdiverecords.com]
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Category:Indie pop groups from Missouri Category:Indie rock musical groups from Missouri Category:Musical groups from Kansas City, Missouri