Please Please You presents
세이수미
Say Sue Me
The Crescent, York
Wednesday 25th September, 7.30pm. £11adv
Tickets are £11 in advance (more on the door) and are available from Earworm Records, the venue in person or online via See Tickets.
Cited as one of 2018’s ‘break-out bands’, Say Sue Me are a Surf Rock inspired indie band from Busan, South Korea. Members consist of Byungkyu Kim on lead guitar, Sumi Choi on vocals and rhythm guitar, Jaeyoung Ha on Bass and Sungwan Lim on Drums.
Releasing their first album “We’ve Sobered Up” in 2014, and EP “Big Summer Night” in 2015, on Korean label Electric Muse, UK label Damnably Records released a self-titled compilation that paired their first record and EP in 2017, marking the band’s first release outside of Korea, which served as their introduction to International audiences.
The band released their sophomore album “Where We Were Together” in 2018, which won widespread praise from the likes of Pitchfork, Paste Magazine, NPR, Billboard, i-D, The Independent, Stereogum, MTV, Uproxx, Fader, Drowned in Sound, DIY, The 405 & more. Lauren Laverne, Tom Ravenscroft, Gideon Coe and Don Letts have championed the band as well as Elton John on Beats1 and KEXP. The band have embarked on tours across Europe and Japan and appeared as part of the line up at the first DMZ Peace Train Music Festival in Korea’s Demilitarized Zone. They count Yo La Tengo, Japanese Breakfast, Snail Mail, The Ravonettes, Speedy Ortiz, The Beths, and The Notwist as fans.
In 2019, Say Sue Me were nominated for 5 Korean Music Awards (and winning 2), making them the second most nominated act of the year just behind almighty K-Pop idols BTS.
2019 also sees them make appearances at OOTC festival in Luxembourg, Les Eurockeennes des Belfort, Green Man Festival and more.
Press:
‘Really sweet, melodic rock that makes me feel like I’m in high school.’
The Fader
‘…jangle-pop hooks, stunning vocal melodies, and intricate guitarwork that stands up proudly against some of their influences like Yo La Tengo and Pavement…’
KEXP
‘…channels high emotions and journeys through hazy guitars that are reminiscent of Yuck and Daniel Blumberg’s solo material’
The Line Of Best Fit
‘The best pure indie-pop record of 2018 (so far) is not from Brooklyn or Glasgow or Melbourne or Olympia but Busan, South Korea… a perfectly paced fusion of jangling guitars, bouncing bass and sighed melancholy.’
Paste Magazine
‘The seven-minute slow burn “Coming To The End” evokes late-album indie-rock epics such as Yo La Tengo’s “We’re An American Band” or Pavement’s “Fillmore Jive”…’
Stereogum
Please Please You presents
세이수미
Say Sue Me
The Crescent, York
Wednesday 25th September, 7.30pm
Tickets are £11 in advance (more on the door) and are available from Earworm Records, the venue in person or online via See Tickets.