KOYO + Support

KOYO are a rock band, incorporating elements of alternative, psychedelic and progressive
rock. Alumni of Leeds Conservatoire, they are a major factor in the city’s
burgeoning music scene.
Based on their live performance they were selected to open the BBC Introducing Stage at
Reading and Leeds festivals. They followed up with performances at Rockaway Beach, Live
at Leeds, Ramblin’ Man, Camden Rocks, Sheffield Tramlines,
Bingley Weekender and Download.
Their eponymous debut album received outstanding reviews across the music press, making
the end of year top album listings in Classic Rock, PROG and Louder than War magazines.
They re-entered the studio with producer Mike Horner (Hot Chip, Franz Ferdinand),
resulting in standalone single “Before” and their sophomore album, You Said It. The album
sustained support in the press and engaged with new fans, receiving airplay on BBC Radio
Leeds, Amazing Radio, 6 Music, Radio X and Absolute Radio.
With the lockdowns inhibiting their ability to tour, the band set to work on their third
album, titled Onism. The band launched a crowdfunder to raise funds to complete the
project. The campaign was successful and selected by Kickstarter as a “Project We Love”,
highlighting it as a brilliant example of creativity.
Onism is out now.
KOYO are Huw Edwards (lead vocals, guitar), Jacob Price (sampling, synthesisers),
Layth
Ibrahim (bass) and Tom Higham (drums).

“An explosive live phenomenon, their gritty take
on psychedelia has a character, an identity
all of its own”
—
CLASH

“With an awful lot of great music around, it’s
easy to get carried away with superlatives, but
with Onism, Koyo take us into favourite new (to
most) / new favourite band territory”
—
LOUDER THAN WAR

Ticket £9/ £8 members

On sale 9 am Friday 25th April