Koyo
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Koyo release new acoustic song "Call It Off," launch new 7"

Earlier this year, the hardcore-informed Long Island emo band Koyo signed to Pure Noise and put out two great new singles, “Ten Digits Away” and “Straight North,” and now they’ve done some real emo shit by putting out a string-laden acoustic song, “Call It Off.” Singer Joey Chiaramonte says:

“Call It Off” is a stand out track in our discography, largely because it’s the only proper acoustic song we have. There’s no songs in our back catalog quite like it, nothing on the new LP we’ve been recording that’s like it. But that’s why I think it’s special. It’s a standalone, stripped down, time and place track. A lot of my lyricism and writing naturally ends up connecting songs conceptually, continuing to develop prior ideas or feelings. With previous singles, “Straight North” is a sister song to “Heaven So Heavy,” “Call It Off” serves as a sister song to “Ten Digits Away.”

It’s a gorgeous song that Koyo pull off really well, and Joey’s hardcore roots still shine in the song’s scream-sung climaxes. Listen and watch the video below. Koyo have also compiled all three of their recent singles on a new 7″, so you can grab that while you await their aforementioned new album.

Koyo are playing the awesome hardcore festival Sound and Fury in LA this weekend and then doing a tour opening for Stick To Your Guns, alongside Kublai Khan TX, Belmont, and Foreign Hands. That hits NYC on September 13 at Irving Plaza. They’re also touring Europe with Silverstein, Comeback Kid, and Senses Fail. All dates are listed below.

Koyo — 2022 Tour Dates
30th July Sound and Fury Los Angeles, CA

with Stick To Your Guns, Kublai Khan TX, Belmont, Foreign Hands:
1st September Goldfield Trading​,​ Post Roseville, CA
2nd September Bossanova Ballroom​,​ Portland, OR
3rd September El Corazon​,​ Seattle, WA
5th September Soundwell​,​ Salt Lake City, UT
6th SeptemberThe Oriental Theater​,​ Denver, CO
7th September Granada Theater​,​ Lawrence, KS
8th September House of Blues​,​ Chicago, IL
9th September PORTAL​ at​ fifteenTWELVE Louisville , KY
11th September Underground Arts​,​ Philadelphia, PA
12th September Baltimore Soundstage​,​ Baltimore, MD
13th September Irving Plaza​,​ New York, NY
14th SeptemberThe Palladium​,​ Worcester, MA
15th SeptemberThe Opera House​,​ Toronto, ON
16th September Le Studio​,​ TD Montreal, QC
18th September State House​,​ New Haven, CT
20th September New Brookland Tavern​,​ West Columbia, SC
21st SeptemberThe Abbey​,​ Orlando, FL
22nd September Underbelly​,​ Jacksonville, FL
23rd September The Orpheum​,​ Tampa, FL
27th September Mohawk​,​ Austin, TX
9/28/22 Amplified Live​,​ Dallas, TX
30th September The Nile​,​ Theatre Mesa, AZ
1st October House of Blues​, ​ Anaheim, CA

with Silverstein, Comeback Kid, Senses Fail:
24th November Munster, DE @ Skater’s Palace
25th November Eindhoven, NL @ Dynamo
26th November Stuttgart, DE @ Im Wizemann
27th November Hamburg, DE @ Fabrik
29th November Schweinfurt, DE @ Alter Stattbahnhof
30th November Munich, DE @ Backstage Werk
1st December Frankfurt, DE @ Batschkapp
2nd December Cologne, DE @ Live Music Hall
3rd December Berlin, DE @ SO36
5th December Prague, CZ @ Meet Factory
6th December Vienna, AT @ Flex
7th December Leipzig, DE @ Conne Island
8th December Antwerp, BE @ Trix
10th December Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute
11th December London, UK @ Electric Ballroom

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