“Don’t Hurt Me, I’m Trying” by NoSo

"Don't Hurt Me I'm Trying" by NoSo is Northern Transmissions Song of the Day. The track is off the artist's LP When are you Leaving?
NoSo photo by Driely Carter

NoSo has has returned with new single “Don’t Hurt Me, I’m Trying,” the track is off the artist’s forthcoming album When Are You Leaving? available October 10th via Partisan Records. When Are You Leaving? is a record for anyone still figuring themselves out. On August 15th

NoSo will tour extensively behind ‘When Are You Leaving?’ and has confirmed a run of headline North American dates for the fall as well as UK/EU headline dates into 2026. The routing includes an October 24th date at Baby’s All Right in NYC, and a November 12th hometown show in LA at Masonic Lodge, Hollywood Forever. NoSo will also perform at Gunnersbury Park in London with Khruangbin, TV on the Radio, and Palace.

“Don’t Hurt Me, I’m Trying” channels the weight of mental health struggles and the quiet violence of self-comparison. Written in hindsight after a difficult period, it captures the isolation of trying to hold it together when everything feels like it’s unraveling. It’s vulnerable, loud, and cathartic: a scream behind a polite smile.

On the track, the artist shares: “I wrote this song after having a mental health spiral – it’s about feeling frozen in time and frustrated by the lack of care we collectively have for each other. It’s a sonic representation of my headspace at the time of writing, and a release of all that tension.”

NoSo will tour extensively behind ‘When Are You Leaving?’ and has confirmed a run of headline North American dates for the fall as well as UK/EU headline dates into 2026. The routing includes an October 24th date at Baby’s All Right in NYC, and a November 12th hometown show in LA at Masonic Lodge, Hollywood Forever. All dates below, tickets here.

$1 from all North American ticket sales will go to LIFEBEAT, a program of The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, to contribute to their youth support services.

NoSo
When Are You Leaving?
tracklist
Partisan Records

1. A Believable Boy
2. Sugar
3. You’re No Man
4. Don’t Hurt Me, I’m Trying
5. DAD MADE TOAST!
6. My Fault My Fault
7. Who Made You This Sweet?
8. But You Want Him
9. Nara
10. Let It Die

NoSo 2025 Tour Dates

August 15 – Gunnersbury Park – London, UK (w/ Khruangbin, TV on the Radio)
October 23 – The Atlantis – Washington, DC
October 24 – Baby’s All Right – Brooklyn, NY
October 25 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
October 27 – L’Escogriffe – Montréal, QC
October 28 – The Drake Underground – Toronto, ON
October 30 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
November 1 – 7th St Entry – Minneapolis, MN
November 3 – Globe Hall – Denver, CO
November 4 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT
November 6 – Fox Cabaret – Vancouver, BC
November 7 – Madame Lou’s – Seattle, WA
November 8 – Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR
November 10 – Cafe Du Nord – San Francisco, CA
November 12 – Masonic Lodge, Hollywood Forever – Los Angeles, CA
February 4 – EKKO – Utrecht, Netherlands
February 5 – Rotown – Rotterdam, Netherlands
February 6 – Turmzimmer – Hamburg, Germany
February 7 – Ideal Bar – Copenhagen, Denmark
February 9 – Silent Green – Berlin, Germany
February 10 – YUCA – Cologne, Germany
February 11 – Rotonde – Brussels, Belgium
February 12 – La Bellevilloise – Paris, France
February 14 – L’Aéronef – Lille, France
February 17 – Islington Assembly Hall – London, UK
February 18 – Strange Brew – Bristol, UK
February 19 – Band on the Wall – Manchester, UK
February 20 – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut – Glasgow, UK

pre-order When Are You Leaving? HERE

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