Noah Toritto knows fish can’t actually hurt him.
But when a friend told him about their phobia of fish, the quirky phrase turned first into Toritto’s mantra, then into the title of his first album. “I Know Fish Can’t Really Hurt Me,” will be released on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services on Mar. 5.
After realizing he wasn’t going back to school at the start of the pandemic, Toritto started to write a few songs and treat it like a “pet project.” He reached out to Jared May and Seamus Masterson, the bass and violin players respectively, ultimately gathering a total of eight band members. Along with wind instruments, the group features drums, piano and choral vocals.