Just one year removed from releasing their addictive ‘Would You Miss It?’, Koyo have announced plans to release a new EP. Set for release on November 12th through Pure Noise Records, ‘Mile A Minute’ sees the Long Island group produce three new songs including a reworking of two older tracks.
The first of these is ‘Ten Digits Away (Deluxe)’. The original was a 2022 single but this new version sees the track in a gentler light.
‘Ten Digits Away’ was a song that spawned out of that early pool of ‘Would You Miss It?’ songs, and it instantly felt like a gold standard Koyo track. We ultimately made the choice to release it as a standalone single almost two years ahead of the record, since we knew it would stand on its own merits,” says Koyo vocalist Joey Chiaramonte. “Now over two years later, and year out from releasing WYMI?, we’ve found the original version of the song has been a little overshadowed by our newer music, lost in the algorithmic shuffle prioritizing newer music, and by proxy even our own record.
In an effort to give a perfect Koyo song a little more deserved time in the sun, ‘Ten Digits Away (Deluxe)’ is our little stripped down, swagged out, redux solution. Not a lazy acoustic rendition slapped together just because, but a true effort of tender love and care to celebrate a milestone track in a new light. We hope everyone feels the love and attention to detail when they listen.”
The EP will also include a reworking of ‘I Might’ from ‘Would You Miss It?’ and renamed ‘I Might Not Get Through All of This’. While the title track is stated as the band’s first proper new song since Would You Miss It?’, and is described as “a massive punk anthem”.
Speaking on the title track, Chiaramonte states “Music is all time and place. Lyrics and their subject matter, feelings you have–it’s all subject to change, quickly dated. Mile A Minute is the most current possible representation of where I’m at, and where we’re at, and I just hope people dive into every aspect and nuance of these songs.”
