Brighton punk with a sharp bite
Lambrini Girls are a Brighton-born queer punk force who turn riot grrrl bite into tight, funny, and furious songs. Their identity leans on blunt social commentary, spoken asides between riffs, and choruses built for shout-backs.
Songs built for shout-backs
Expect a sprinting set that likely hits
Boys in the Band and
Help Me I'm Gay, with one or two unreleased teases landing mid-show. Crowds skew mixed in age and gender, with DIY jackets, pronoun pins, and a pit that opens fast but watches for a fallen neighbor. Trivia heads note the name nods to a budget British fizz, and early south-coast gigs were rammed basement affairs with borrowed PAs. You may hear them call out bad behavior mid-song, then jump straight into a brighter key for a last-chorus surge. Consider this a forecast: set choices and production flourishes are inferred from recent gigs and could shift by venue.
The Lambrini Girls Crowd, Up Close
Care in the chaos
The scene feels like a meetup of zine-makers, skaters, and gig lifers who value care as much as chaos. Expect hand-painted tees, patched denim, chunky boots, and glitter eyeliner, plus pronoun badges and a few homemade banners up front. When a hook repeats, the room shouts it back in clipped phrases, and the band pauses to let the echo ring.
Rituals that travel city to city
Small pits form and fold quickly, with hands raised to steady someone who trips, then everyone resets with a grin. Merch skews DIY: screen-printed shirts, a slim run of tapes or a zine, and sometimes a charity table for local orgs. Between songs,
Lambrini Girls might share a dry joke before a pointed note about respect, which focuses the room without killing momentum. After the closer, you see strangers trading show photos and set guesses by the exit, already plotting the next gig.
Lambrini Girls: Bite, Bark, and Buzz
Short songs, sharp edges
Live,
Lambrini Girls keep vocals front and high, half-sung and half-yelled, so words punch through the fuzz. Guitars favor biting mids with a touch of feedback, while bass picks hard for a percussive growl that locks the groove. Drums ride a brisk two-and-four with sudden tom runs, creating stop-start tension before each chorus pops.
Moves that jolt the room
They often drop the second verse into half-time, then snap back double-time to kick a pit into fresh motion. One nifty habit: intros stretch with pedal noise so the first lyric lands like a slap, a DIY cue that also lets them tune fast. You might hear the low string tuned down for chunkier riffs, but arrangements stay tight and under three minutes. Lights tend to be stark and color-blocked, supporting the music instead of dictating it.
If You Like Lambrini Girls, Try These Sparks
Kindred noise, different corners
If
Amyl and The Sniffers hook you with raw speed and a fearless frontperson,
Lambrini Girls hit a similar thrill at smaller-club scale. Fans of
Dream Wife will hear the same clean guitar bite and chanty hooks, plus a streak of playful menace that flips to care on a dime.
Punk that talks back
Nova Twins overlap through heavy bass textures and boundary-pushing energy, though
Lambrini Girls keep songs shorter and punchier. If you like grime-punk firebrands
Bob Vylan, the politics-forward banter and crowd dialogue here will feel familiar. Put simply, they all trade in immediacy and community, but each arrives from a different corner of the punk map. That mix means discovery-mode fans rarely leave with just one new artist in their queue. For
Lambrini Girls, these adjacent scenes often show up in the same rooms, which keeps the vibe curious and open.
