{"id":6597,"date":"2021-07-22T18:43:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T17:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=6597"},"modified":"2021-07-22T18:43:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T17:43:47","slug":"garage-rockers-the-courettes-announce-new-album-and-uk-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=6597","title":{"rendered":"Garage rockers The Courettes announce new album and UK tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rising garage-rock duo <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourettes.com\">The Courettes<\/a><\/strong> have announced a new album this October &#8211; and a UK tour to go with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like a &#8216;White Stripes in reverse&#8217; they play a heady concoction of garage, surf and &#8217;60s girl groups, topped with riot grrrl attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Courettes are a couple, vocalist\/guitarist Flavia Couri (from Brazil) and drummer\/backing vocalist Martin Couri (from Denmark, where they are based).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They will release <em>Back In Mono<\/em>, their third album, on UK indie label Damaged Goods Records on October 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It reissued their first two albums, 2015 debut <em>Here Are The Courettes<\/em> and 2018&#8217;s <em>We Are The Courettes<\/em>, on vinyl last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=1618\">The Blue Carpet Band fly the flag for sleazy garage-rock with an electrifying new single<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Courettes - &quot;Want You! 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Like A Cigarette<\/em>, was released last year in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Radio airplay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airplay on BBC6 Music in the UK and back home in Denmark saw the first pressing of the 7in sell out in two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new single, <em>Hop The Twig<\/em>, was recently released as a taster for the forthcoming album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Courettes - &quot;Hop The Twig&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vJ597Iewsw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is an old slang for dying, so we found it a very appropriate title for a song. Too many people had \u2018hopped the twig\u2019 this last year,&#8221; said Flavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We\u00b4re big fans of Duane Eddy and all the early surf music. This riff kept coming in my head, so I started to play around it on the guitar. And then it hit me: It&#8217;s Hop The Twig!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Dark theme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s always hiding behind your back, and is a pretty dark theme, but the song is more of a statement celebrating that we are still here.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listening to The Courettes is like putting The Ronettes and The Ramones in a room and inviting Link Wray or Duane Eddy along for a jam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result is a cacophony of reverb-laden guitars, loud drums, with added trashy piano, jingle bells and tambourine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-courettes-2021-uk-dates.jpg?resize=640%2C810\" alt=\"the courettes\" class=\"wp-image-6604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-courettes-2021-uk-dates-scaled.jpg?resize=809%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 809w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-courettes-2021-uk-dates-scaled.jpg?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-courettes-2021-uk-dates-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C972&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-courettes-2021-uk-dates-scaled.jpg?resize=1214%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-courettes-2021-uk-dates-scaled.jpg?resize=1619%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1619w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-courettes-2021-uk-dates-scaled.jpg?w=2023&amp;ssl=1 2023w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-courettes-2021-uk-dates-scaled.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-courettes-2021-uk-dates-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I reckon they&#8217;ll slip down a treat with fans of bands The Cramps, The Raveonettes, Snakerattlers and Ugly Fly Guys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Courettes have a reputation for delivering energetic live performances, and their records aren&#8217;t bad either! 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