{{Short description|American punk band}} {{Update|date=March 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Aye Nako | image = | caption = | origin = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | genre = Punk rock | years_active = 2010–present | label = Don Giovanni | associated_acts = Cheeky<br>Fleabite | current_members = Mars Ganito<br>Joe McCann<br>Jade Payne<br>Sheena McGrath | past_members = Angie Boylan }}
'''Aye Nako''' is an American punk band from Brooklyn, New York, United States. The band originated in 2010 and promotes a "community-oriented, anti-capitalist, LGBTQ-friendly ideology".<ref name="Pitchfork Review">{{cite web|last1=Maloney|first1=Devon|title=Aye Nako - Unleash Yourself|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18205-aye-nako-unleash-yourself/|website=Pitchfork.com|accessdate=20 August 2015}}</ref> After self-releasing a well-received debut album titled ''Unleash Yourself'', in 2015, the band released ''The Blackest Eye'' on Don Giovanni Records.<ref name="AV Club article">{{cite web|last1=Anthony|first1=David|title=With "Worms" Aye Nako digs deep|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/worms-aye-nako-digs-deep-221609|website=AVclub.com|date=July 2015 |accessdate=20 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="NYT Review">{{cite news|last1=Ratliff|first1=Ben|title=Review: In 'The Blackest Eye,' Aye Nako Draws on Race and Identity|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/arts/music/review-in-the-blackest-eye-aye-nako-draws-on-race-and-identity.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=8 July 2015 |accessdate=20 August 2015}}</ref>
==History== Officially formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2010, the members of Aye Nako were from Oakland, California, where Mars Ganito (vocals, guitar) and Joe McCann (bass) had been two-thirds of Fleabag, who had changed their name from Aye Nako.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/aye-nako-mn0002881695/biography|title=Aye Nako Biography|last=Clancy|first=Daniel|website=AllMusic|accessdate=20 April 2018}}</ref> After the move to Brooklyn, Ganito and McCann were joined by Jade Payne (guitar) and Angie Boylan (drums) to complete their lineup.<ref name="AllMusic"/>
They have performed with acts such as P.S. Eliot and the Thermals.<ref name="AllMusic"/> Their self-released debut album, ''Unleash Yourself'', came out in the summer of 2013. The band signed to Don Giovanni Records in 2015 for the release of ''The Blackest Eye'' EP. Returning to the studio in 2016, the group recorded its second full-length, ''Silver Haze''. Released once again by Don Giovanni, the album came out in early 2017.<ref name="AllMusic"/>
==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Label !Format |- |2013 |''Unleash Yourself'' |self-released |12" vinyl LP<ref name="Pitchfork Review" /> |- |2017 |''Silver Haze'' |Don Giovanni Records |CD/LP/Digital |- |}
===EPs=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Label !Format |- |2015 |''The Blackest Eye'' |Don Giovanni Records |12" vinyl, Digital<ref name="Pitchfork Review 2">{{cite web|last1=Skolnik|first1=Jes|title=The Blackest Eye EP|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20927-the-blackest-eye-ep/|website=Pitchfork.com|accessdate=20 August 2015}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.ayenako.org}} * {{Official website|http://www.dongiovannirecords.com/|Don Giovanni Records official website}}
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Category:Musical groups established in 2010 Category:Don Giovanni Records artists Category:Punk rock groups from New York (state) Category:2010 establishments in New York City