iluvboyband (album release show)

Performers

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  May Rio

  May Rio's first record Easy Bammer was released in June 2021, right as New York’s nightlife began to rouse from its pandemic slumber. Ready to meet the moment, May threw herself into a trial-by-fire gig grind, playing upwards of three shows a week for months on end. During this self-prescribed performance bootcamp, she befriended a group of like-minded emerging artists.

  Over the past year May has brought her innate knack for melody to a variety of features including The Dare’s indie sleaze hit “Girls” and Blaketheman1000’s underground smash, “Blake 2.” If there’s a keystone to New York’s downtown music sphere, it might very well be May.

  Her latest solo release is, French Bath, which takes its title from a deceptively luxurious act of dousing oneself in cologne to disguise an unsavory stench. From the beautiful models with rotten hearts that stalk the streets on the syrupy daydream “NYC UMTs” to “Mr. Horny Puke Man”’s shallow indie rock lothario, May holds a mirror to the many different ways we attempt to fill our own voids. But rather than passing judgment, May empathizes with these lost souls: she’s been there.