Premiere: Ronboy Shares New EP ‘Get Rich’
Watch the Accompanying Video for “Brass Knuckles” Below
Jul 08, 2026 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Graham MacIndoe
Los Angeles-based indie singer/songwriter and producer Julia Laws has been steadily on the rise for years now. Laws debuted under her Ronboy moniker in 2020 with her Velvet EP, followed by her full-length album, Pity to Love, in 2022. Along the way, she gained a fan and collaborator in The National’s Matt Berninger. Laws opened for Berninger last year while he was touring in support of his solo album, Get Sunk, played in his live band, and contributed her own vocals to the record. In turn, Berninger appears on Laws’ new EP, Get Rich, out everywhere today.
Get Rich represents a heavier turn for Ronboy, leaning into the rumbling, distortion-heavy low end of her sound. Though Laws often leans back and lets the power chords roil and roar, her lyrics also retain a jagged, confessional edge, pushing back against social constraint. As Laws explains, “Get Rich is a straight arrow from my mind and experiences. The devil’s advocate in me is alive and well, and she’s talking to you from both sides of, a sometimes harsh, reality.
Today, accompanying the EP’s release, Ronboy is also sharing a video for one of the record’s unheard tracks, “Brass Knuckles,” directed by Charlotte Gosch and Lee Kiernan of Idles, premiering with Under the Radar.
The EP opens up in explosive fashion with “Get Rich Fix,” a lean, driving rock effort that couples an insistent riff with a biting lyrical undercurrent: “Get rich, get sick, have a baby / Fix it / If I’m not the type / You’ll hang me out to dry / I can’t think you’re right / I say so.” From there, Laws takes the record in more oblique directions, like with the smoky ambience and careening turns of “Brass Knuckles”. Laws is in wild-eyed rockstar mode, pivoting between textured croons and searing howls until the band locks into an enveloping groove in the track’s final stretch. In turn, “Disaster” sees Laws trading off vocal duties with Berninger, with his distinctive baritone melding together with the sinister atmosphere, skittering drums, and stinging guitar licks.
“I Am Only Playing” is the record’s most subtle slow burn, getting to show off Laws’ decadent vocal range before the track comes crashing down around her in an apocalyptic finale. After the climax, “Retriever” acts as a meditative and tension-filled denouement, largely centering on an entrancing bassline, with the occasional detour into dreamy spacefaring synth glitter passages. Laws puts the final spotlight on her vocals, refusing to let the tension release or resolve, even in the record’s final moments. From beginning to end, the results are utterly magnetic.
Check out the video below along with the full EP, out everywhere now. Stream it here. Ronboy is on tour now, opening for Matt Berninger on his UK/EU tour and performing as part of the band. The tour ends with a Ronboy headline EP release show at The Grace in London on July 21st.
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