KOYO - 'Life's A Pill'
KOYO releases new single ‘Life’s a Pill’ as they gear up for the release of their debut album ‘Would You Miss It?’
Emerging from the Long Island underground with members of Typecaste, Hangman and Rain of Salvation; KOYO hit the ground running with their sonic style that embraces the sound of their legendary scene. KOYO draws on elements like the melodies of Taking Back Sunday to their tuneful grit of Silent Majority, they have managed to wear their influences proudly as they cultivate songwriting chops that speaks for itself. Their highly anticipated debut album ‘Would You Miss It?’ was recorded by Markson who has worked with Talking Meds, One Step Closer and Drug Church, his skilled production sounds gigantic without sacrificing the rawness of KOYO’s sound.
With ‘Life’s a Pill’ being their latest release for their upcoming album, we see the perfect blend of punk and emo, that makes for a modern coming-of-age classic hit for any generation of listeners. Alongside the new single, the blue-tinged music video is the perfect compliment, to the crunchy guitars and big choruses, highlighting KOYO’s ability to draw on familiar influences and still make something fresh.
On the single vocalist Joey Chiaramonte discussed that ‘Life’s a Pill’ is a model KOYO song. He continued that guitarist TJ Rotolico had written the song about the “drives out east era” of the band and that he remembers “recording vocals for a demo version of the song with the help of Marissa from Fleshwater when I was staying in Lowell, MA for a bit, and just feeling something unexplainably cathartic when I had finished laying it out. This song was written about the passing of a family member while I was on my first full US tour, and the ways in which I struggled with that.”
Because of the heavy subject matter on ‘Life’s a Pill’ Joey was intimidated on how to approach the music video. When the talented Eric Richter came along and was a perfect fit on creating the video that looks how it feels. Joey continues that the narrative took the back seat as they wanted to create something abstract. “Something visually stunning, yet hard to look at. Haunting, but not scary, and I think he absolutely aced it. Grateful for his talent and friendship, Eric is an inspiring individual."
Words by Beth Simms
