Boko Yout

Boko Yout is a Swedish music group whose concerts at Thekla bring its theatrical, genre-crossing live show to Bristol. The act grew out of a solo project led by singer Paul Adamah.

Boko Yout is a Swedish group formed around singer Paul Adamah, who was born in Örebro in 1998 and first worked under the name as a solo project. The band became a group in 2025, when bassist Kevin Stierne and drummer Joel Kiviaho joined. The project draws on post-punk, punk-funk, alternative rock and spiritual imagery, and its debut album, GUSTO, released in 2025, is built around a fictional therapist called Dr. Gusto and a sequence of surreal therapy sessions. The songs 9-2-5, GUSTO and DEMOLITION MAN are among its best-known tracks, and the group has received BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Radio 1 support.

On stage, the band is described as closer to a ritual than a conventional concert, with Adamah leading the audience through wiry grooves, raw emotion and theatrical intensity. Its recent festival appearances include The Great Escape, Reeperbahn, Lowlands and Pitchfork Paris, and it has also supported Viagra Boys on tour.

Thekla is a Bristol venue that hosts concerts and shows, and this evening suits listeners interested in adventurous alternative rock and performance-led live music.