Lost Lake Presents Drinking Boys and Girls Choir with Team Nonexistent and Rosebay on Saturday, November 9th.
Drinking Boys & Girls Choir (DBGC) are a three-piece punk band from Daegu, South Korea. Members consist of MJ on Drums, Meena on Bass, and Megan on Guitar. Inspired by Daegu’s 90s-00s hardcore punk/indie-rock scene before it moved to Seoul, the band have vowed not to move to the capital and prefer to nurture a sustainable local scene.
In 2017, MJ suffered a serious motorbike accident, so the band took a hiatus while awaiting her recovery. When she was fit again, they DIY produced their 18 track debut album “Keep Drinking”, released on Damnably/Electric Muse in 2019, followed by show stealing appearances at SXSW, TGE, LSC, Pentaport, Busan International Rock Festival, Zandari & MU:CON and also toured the UK tour supporting label mates Otoboke Beaver & Say Sue Me.
In February 2020 the band toured Europe with Otoboke Beaver just ahead of the pandemic shutting down the world. So, they wrote and recorded a new album and participated in several online editions of festivals.
The band’s sophomore album “Marriage License” was released in 2021, receiving acclaim and making best-of lists in the likes of Spin, Paste, MTV, Bandcamp, and gained radio play from KEXP and Strombo’s show on CBC in Canada. The album is a rallying cry in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in conservative Daegu – this year the 15th Daegu Queer Culture Festival (DQCF) saw them perform, protected by 1,500 police from 450 homophobic government officials, for equality in marriage rights, and speaking out against sexual harassment and exploitation such as what occurred in the heinous Nth Room case.
In 2023, the band joined labelmates Otoboke Beaver’s UK/Ireland shows and joined them again for their 2024 North American tour in February. They were live in session at KEXP studio in Seattle, after having previously recorded a KEXP at home session for the station in 2021. They released new single “History” and have just finished recording their third album for release later in the year.
Iggy Pop, BBC 6Music “WOW! that was good, right?!”
KEXP “a potent blend of punk, power-pop and other styles, combining crunchy guitars, energetic rhythms and buoyant melodies with often politically minded lyrics critiquing patriarchy and supporting the LGBTQ+ community”
Paste Magazine “breathless thrash and glue-trap hooks with a righteous fury”
Beats Per Minute “an urgent and powerful listen”
MTV “exploding out of the gate while still managing a few wistful and even borderline progressive moments”
MTV “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”
Highsnobiety “…between all the shouting, soaring guitars, and drum smashing, there’s no way that your body won’t feel recharged”
Stereogum “The instrumental prowess is just absolutely insane”
All ages, ticketed under 16 guests admitted with ticketed parent or guardian
