Long Island melodic hardcore/emo band Koyo‘s sophomore album “Barely Here” will meet a May 08th release date on Pure Noise. Once again produced by Jon Markson, this new outing boasts cameos from Drain vocalist Sammy Ciaramitaro and Fleshwater vocalist/guitarist Marisa Shirar. Koyo‘s own singer Joey Chiaramonte said of the vision for this record:
“I think we’d learned so much about our process from making ‘Would You Miss It?‘ that we knew exactly what we wanted going into this one and it came together with more of an instinctual kind of magic to it. A lot of bands think their second album has to be this magnum opus epic that sews so many things together, and I think we’d actually taken more of that approach with our first LP.
So with ‘Barely Here‘ we wanted to do the opposite of that trajectory–we wanted to refine our strengths instead of doing this purposeful departure. It’s a snapshot of what our band is in its most no-frills, perfected form.”
The song “Irreversible“, which actually closes out the record, has been launched as the lead single from the album. A video for it has been shared below.
“Barely Here” track listing:
01 – “Barely Here“
02 – “Jet Stream Wish“
03 – “Saying Vs Meaning” (feat. Sammy Ciaramitaro of Drain)
04 – “It Happens To The Best Of Us“
05 – “You Hate Me“
06 – “Selden Mansions“
07 – “Oxidize” (feat. Marisa Shirar of Fleshwater)
08 – “What I’m Worth“
09 – “Pace And Loiter“
10 – “Irreversible“
Pre-orders are up now at purenoiserecs.lnk.to/Koyo.
With Arm’s Length, Ben Quad & Shoreline:
02/05 Southhampton, UK – Engine Rooms
02/06 London, UK – O2 Academy Islington
02/07 Manchester, UK – Club Academy
02/09 Glasgow, UK – The Garage
02/10 Newcastle, UK – The Grove
02/12 Liverpool, UK – District
02/13 Leeds, UK – Project House
02/14 Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy 2
02/15 Kingston, UK – Fighting Cocks
02/18 Antwerp, BE – Trix Club
02/19 Eindhoven, NL – Dynamo
02/20 Cologne, DE – Gebäude 9
02/21 Hamburg, DE – Logo
With Rise Against & Destroy Boys:
03/03 Providence, RI – The Strand Ballroom & Theatre
03/05 Montreal, QC – L’Olympia
03/06 Montreal, QC – L’Olympia
03/08 Ottawa, ON – Rideau Carlton Casino
03/10 Toronto, ON – History
03/11 Toronto, ON – History
03/13 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
03/15 Madison, WI – The Sylvee
03/18 Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
03/19 Fargo, ND – Fargo Civic Center
03/21 Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
03/22 Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
03/24 Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Convention Centre
03/25 Tsuut’ina, AB – Grey Eagle Event Centre
Koyo:
05/30 Kawasaki, JPN – Bloodaxe Festival
With Hot Mulligan, Joyce Manor & Saturdays At Your Place:
06/04 Cleveland, OH – Jacob’s Pavilion
06/05 Lafayette, NY – Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards
06/09 Allentown, PA – Archer Music Hall
06/10 Richmond, VA – Kanawha Plaza
06/13 Asheville, NC – Asheville Yards
06/16 Asbury, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage
06/17 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
06/20 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
06/21 Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center
06/23 Patchogue, NY – Great South Bay Music Festival
