Koyo announce new album Barely Here, drop lead single Irreversible

Koyo have announced details of their second album, Barely Here.

The follow-up to their excellent 2023 debut Would You Miss It? will arrive on May 8 via Pure Noise, and vocalist Joey Chiaramonte describes it as “no-frills” – indeed, it’s 28 minutes in length, and consists of 10 songs.

“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,” Joey explains. “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.”

Get a taste of exactly what that sounds like with lead single Irreversible below:

Catch Koyo supporting Arm’s Length with Ben Quad and Shoreline at the following:

February

5 Southampton Engine Rooms
6 London O2 Academy Islington
7 Manchester Club Academy
9 Glasgow The Garage
10 Newcastle The Grove
12 Liverpool District
13 Leeds Project House
14 Birmingham O2 Academy2
15 Kingston Fighting Cocks

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