LA-Based Mexican Artist HARMLESS Shares New Song + Announces Fall Tour
June 16, 2025 BY Bailey Vigliaturo
Dreamy indie rock artist Harmless shares the second single, “The Bluff,” from his upcoming album By Them, By You, By Me (out October 17, 2025). The track is a slow-burning indie anthem that simmers with tension, carving out a space that’s both expansive and intimate, anchored by reverb-soaked guitars, restrained percussion, and a vocal performance that radiates quiet urgency. Visionary Nacho Cano explains the inspiration, “I was on a hike with another musician friend. Someone far more successful than I think I will ever be. Despite my jealousy, I still try to lend an ear to them and everything they go through. On this hike, my friend complained about all the things they didn’t have. I was annoyed, frustrated, angry, you name it. Here was somebody who had in many ways a career I want, talk to me about how bad it is. Somewhere in the middle of the conversation, it dawned on me, oh fuck – that’s me for someone else. Upon realization I asked my friend, ‘when’s it gonna be enough?’ ‘Huh?’ ‘Yeah man, when is it enough, when are we done?’ We talked, and I mentioned how sad it is that we have to constantly want more without giving any thought to what we have and love. This is a side of this career that I feel not many see. We play the bluff while we play the show.”
The video for the track was filmed in Cano’s birthplace of Mexico City this past spring and was filmed by award-winning director Alejandra Villalba García.
WATCH + SHARE “THE BLUFF”
By Them, By You, By Me finds Los Angeles-based Cano ruminating on the intersection between creativity and careerism—the inexorable struggle that myriad artists face while uncovering their true selves within their work—and sees Cano emerge reborn with a new sense of purpose and sonic vitality. The resulting album, in Cano’s words, is “a record about rejection. It’s a breakup album, but about breaking up with your job. There’s this idea that labor is what validates you. My dream came true—so why am I not happy? Those are feelings that are very complementary to heartbreak. So, I wanted to write about my passion and falling out with it.” A largely self-produced affair, By Them By You By Me was assembled to completion in Mexico City alongside studio wizards Santiago Mijares (Leon Bridges, Sam Evian), Patricio Mijares (Panda Bear, Sam Evian) and Francisco Sánchez de la Vega (Hawaiian Gremlins, O Tortuga), accompanying him: “I gave myself and friends 10 days to do it, and at the end we were like, ‘Alright, I think this is it!”
To support the record, Harmless announced this week a fall headline run named the “Dying to Work Tour,” which launches with the album release on October 17th in Santa Ana, CA. It includes stops in Denver, Phoenix, Dallas, Los Angeles, and more. Harmless will be joined on all the dates by yungatita. Tickets go on sale today; a full list of dates can be found below.
By Them By You By Me is the latest release in an estimable body of work that Cano has built for himself under the Harmless name, dating back to the project’s 2012 debut, I’m Sure, under the initial alias Twin Cabins. It was from that first mixtape that Cano achieved a viral hit in the form of “Swing Lynn,” which dominated TikTok and ended up tallying more than 328 million plays on Spotify alone, and is certified Gold in the U.S. His 2024 debut record, Springs Eternal, continued that momentum with praise from Flood Magazine, Paste, The Big Takeover, Stereogum, and more, totaling his streams to over 800 million. He has toured with Vacations, Wavves, and Roar.
HARMLESS FALL TOUR
Support by yungatita
Tickets on sale now at yosoyharmless.com
10/17 Santa Ana, CA The Constellation Room
10/19 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
10/21 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger
10/22 Austin, TX 29th Street Ballroom
10/23 Dallas, TX Club Dada
10/26 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
10/28 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
10/29 Boise, ID The Shredder
10/31 Sacramento, CA Starlet Ballroom
11/01 San Francisco, CA Cafe du Nord
11/02 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
