Something To See & Hear
May 21, 2009 – 5:28 pmBy Shawn Despres
Seoul’s Look & Listen will play this Saturday night (May 23) at Club Bbang in Hongdae. The influences cited on their MySpace page include Japanese three-pieces Shonen Knife and The 5.6.7.8’s (who are best known for their appearance in Kill Bill). Fans of the two acts and of poppy, garage-ish indie rock in general will probably enjoy the catchy tunes being crafted by Look & Listen.
Formed by vocalist and guitarist Lee Jung Min and bassist Kim Mi Sook, the trio made their live debut in May 2008. The ladies first met in university and began playing together in the ska punk group Egg Scramble. When Egg Scramble disbanded Lee and Kim started Look & Listen. Egg Scramble’s drummer gigged with the two early on, but was replaced by You Yun Min last summer.
The act hope to record their full-length debut in September. They recently signed on with Seoul’s Beatball Records and with any luck the imprint will have the disc out by year’s end. There are four demo tracks up on their MySpace site and a whole whack of live videos here.
Kim is also a member of Summer Here Kids. The band’s guitarist is traveling to the United States in June, so they won’t be performing until later in the summer.
Saturday’s show at Bbang starts at 7:30 p.m. Cover is 15,000 won with one free drink.
