Boys Don’t Fight is the latest project from Chris Giarmo (he/him) – a New Orleans-based, multidisciplinary artist, and the “mustachio’d standout” of David Byrne’s American Utopia (Slate). Having performed internationally with Byrne, Taylor Mac, and Annie-B Parson/Big Dance Theater—at venues including The Sydney Opera House, Red Rocks Amphitheater, The O2 Arena in London, Coachella Music Festival, Palais Chaillot, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and on Broadway – Giarmo’s magnetic stage presence, inviting energy, and specificity make it “impossible to take your eyes off him” (Vulture). He is also an important creative contributor to the New York experimental dance-theater scene – having composed and sound designed for the likes of Tina Satter/Half Straddle, Faye Driscoll, Sibyl Kempson, Young Jean Lee, Jackie Sibblies Drury, and Jess Barbagallo – and has left his mark on YouTube as Kimberly Clark, an anti-consumerist drag queen and beauty guru who popularized the “anti-haul” video, and recently published her self-help video series, “How to Stop Shopping in Five Easy Steps.”

Today Boys Don’t Fight release “Jo”, the third single from their eponymous debut album, out on October 17. “Jo” is a piano ballad, an acoustic departure from the record’s other synth-heavy tracks. Plaintive stacked vocals and a driving piano pulse tell a poetic tale of reckoning with grief, acceptance, and feeling disconnected, but refusing to give up. Over the last few weeks, Boys Don’t Fight released the project’s first two videos/singles, “The Megaman Song” and “Bolero” as well.

Today Boys Don’t Fight also announce an NYC record release show on October 19 at Parkside Lounge [317 E. Houston Street]. Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pm, with support by the amazing singer-songwriter Maya Sharpe. Tickets are $20 in advance, and $25 at the door. This event will be livestreamed as well. Purchase tickets here.