I’ve mentioned BOKO YOUT in a few threads before, most recently in the Viagra Boys thread as they’re the support act on Viagra Boys European tour - coming to an 02 academy near you this month and next
Decided that BOKO YOUT deserve their own thread - so, here it is
Boko Yout is the brainchild and band of Paul Adamah (pictured)
He started self-producing and releasing stuff back in 2022 with the singles ‘News’ and ‘Anxiety’ - singing, playing bass and having various other musicians come in and play some guitar etc. This early stuff was like Tyler, The Creator crossed with mid/late 90s Beck
these two singles were then extended into the As Seen on TV EP in 2023
There’s a concept running through this EP about stereotypes of black & gay men on TV
So during 2023 Paul put a band together and started touring these songs and others and man - he’s such a natural performer and weaves all kinds of storytelling into the performances - from puppetry to African folk tales and all sorts of stagecraft, it’s brilliant
Here’s some great live footage and BTS from when they supported Viagra Boys in Stockholm 2023
Paul has also been active doing guest vocals on other artist’s tracks as well. Here with Stuzzi
Last year Boko Yout started the journey to their debut LP with The Big Hike Tour
and the release of what was probably my favourite track of last year - ignored
Here’s the band doing it live on The Swedish P3 Radio awards a couple of months back - this is badass
So today they release the next track from the forthcoming album - Imagine
Like Ignored it’s another tough slice of what Paul calls Afro-Grunge - lots of early Bloc Party influence in there alongside all the other references
So yeah - that’s Boko Yout so far. The debut album is in the bag and I think will be out in August.
Paul and his band are without doubt the most interesting act in Sweden right now - phenomal live and a unique talent that includes such a well-rounded conceptual vision - and if you’re going to see Viagra Boys on this UK/european tour you need to absolutely get there early for Boko Yout
Paul’s quite active on social media too so follow @bokoyout on instagram if that’s your thing
so yeah, high time Boko Yout had their own thread and here it is
are you into it? Get into it
