Album review: Koyo – Would You Miss It?

Some albums feel made for gloomy months. Something about Would You Miss It? feels both comforting yet empowering, and it carries a melancholy undertone that just feels right for this time of year.  Koyo address hypocrisy, flaky friends and bittersweet nostalgia on this long-awaited debut. It crams in plenty of big and stomping instrumental offerings, brushed with gravelly vocals from Joseph Chiaramonte. Opener 51st State is busy from the beginning, with lyrics of, ​‘How’d it get so bad?’ and a change of pace that melts the track away, it’s a multi-faceted intro that sets the mood of sourness and the release of an inner tension.  Standout You’re On The List (Minus One) follows suit, with contrasting climbing and falling vocal melodies and a tormenting...

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