Damnably Presents: Drinking Boys and Girls Choir

Presented by: Damnably

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0	LONDON: Brixton Windmill
P	Monday 6th May, 2019
N	8:00pm

Event information

Damnably are stoked to present the European headline debut for Daegu Punk trio 'Drinking Boys and Girls Choir'

The band just play SXSW and tour the UK with Otoboke Beaver & Say Sue Me before playing The Great Escape festival and have been getting 6Music & KEXP radio play for their 18 track debut album "Keep Drinking".


Drinking Boys and Girls Choir are a new signing to Damnably records and skate-punk trio from Daegu City, Korea. Formed in 2013 when two drummers MJ and Meena shared a rehearsal space, and decided to form a band. Meena switched to Bass and guitarist Bondu (who had just finished his military service) answered their ad. They bonded over a shared love of drinking, skating and punk.
Inspired by Sum41, NOFX and Daegu's 90s-00s hardcore punk/indie-rock scene before it moved to Seoul, a topic band are very passionate about. They won’t move to the capital, prefering to nurture a sustainable local scene.
The recording of Keep Drinking started in 2017, but MJ suffered a serious motorbike accident, so the band took a hiatus while awaiting her recovery. When she was fit again, they DIY produced this 18 track debut album, which follows their 2015 EP ‘We are’.
Recorded and Mixed by Byeongwook Choi at Daegu Music Factory and Kame house respectively and mastered by Seunggyun Chae (Sonic Korea).


Carefully planned since the band’s inception, with 100% heart driving the trio, so happy to be able to play again after MJ’s accident. There is a lot going on, with each member writing and singing. Stylistically it jumps from Skate-Punk, to melodic Hardcore, to more drawn out Indie-rock. MJ’s snare is relentless, Meena’s all over the fretboard and Bondu rocks out on a Gibson Flying V.

“If 2018 was the year K-pop finally breached the gates of the U.S. mainstream, the South Korean power trio Drinking Boys and Girls Choir are helping light a similar fire for K-punk this year.” MTV

“…between all the shouting, soaring guitars, and drum smashing, there’s no way that your body won’t feel recharged after having such an angsty song on blast.” Highsnobiety on the album’s title track

“The instrumental prowess is just absolutely insane…” Stereogum

“They easily capture the essence of old school punk rock by mirroring the drumming insanity of Black Flag and The Dead Kennedys and vocals similar to Kleenex or Bush Tetras.” BreakThru Radio

“Their songs are beyond economical, nearly pure raucous energy and bombast…” The 405

“Thankfully, Drinking Boys And Girls Choir rock the fuck out.” popbollocks

“The band cite stuff like NOFX as influences, and you can hear that California skate punk coming through in their sound, but they’ve also got wonderfully twee-ish male/female harmonies that recall classic indie pop.” Brooklyn Vegan

“…ferocious blink-and-you’ll-miss-it slice of hardcore and the sound of a band lost in the joys of life.” Overblown

Order @ Band Camp: https://damnably.bandcamp.com/album/drinking-boys-and-girls-choir-keep-drinking
RSD 'Splatter ' Blue & Pink Vinyl version available April 13th
https://recordstoreday.co.uk/releases/rsd-2019/drinking-boys-and-girls-choir/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/band.drinking/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/banddbgc
Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/drinking_boys_and_girls_choir
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ZBsXLFV4kdFa0yqqNy9kx?si=mQpVVCMtTECzzlD3Sn7fVQ