COURETTES, THE - THE SOUL OF THE FABULOUS COURETTES

Their White Stripes tendencies still get an airing on bluesy stompers like Shake and Here I Come, but the giddy sunshine jangle of California and the revved-up Ronettes swagger of Boom Boom Boom reveal more of their harmony-drenched closet-romantic side than ever. It suits them.

From The Ronettes through the likes of The Marvelettes to The Pipettes, the suffix ‘ettes’ in a band’s name is a reliable indicator of certain qualities. It is a guarantee of a female fronted act, either 1960s originals or heavily inspired by girl action from that era, and punchy pop songs with big choruses and hearts on the dancefloor. From its monochrome cover to its contents, ‘The Soul of… The Fabulous Courettes’ adheres to this template, albeit with a few twists of its own. A Brazilian and Danish wife and husband duo (Flavia and Martin Couri), their fourth album sees them developing what had been their garage rock inspired sound and leavening it with their love of Motown and Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound. In fact, they achieve the considerable coup of getting La La Brooks of The Crystals, the voice of ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’, adding backing vocals to two of the songs. Other significant 1960s figure contribute to the album. REVIEW BY ANDREW NEAL "SILENT RADIO"

Format: 
CD
SKU:
DAMGOOD622-2
350,00 Kč