The Courettes includes lead guitarist/singer Flavia Couri and drummer Martin Couri. The husband and wife duo, hail from Denmark and Brazil, and have been touring nonstop throughout Europe since 2015, bringing their blend of garage rock, 60s Girl Groups, Wall of Sound, surf music and doo wop to the delight of any audience even remotely interested in rock ‘n’ roll. The band are set to tour the North America for the first time.

To coincide with their first US shows, and as an introduction to the band, a special US/Canada-only compilation, Boom! Dynamite (An Introduction To The Fabulous Courettes), will be released May 12th.The duo has released four albums on the Damaged Goods Records. The new compilation, released exclusively for the US, guides you through their albums from the very beginning, from the early raw power garage rock onto their present Spector/Levine Wall of Sound Gold Star sound, made using complex recording techniques at StarrSound Studios in Denmark with top producer Søren Christensen and mixing genius Seiki Sato from Japan.

From Here Are The Courettes, their debut album from 2015, you ́ll find ‘I’ve Been Walking’, ‘Push It Too Hard’ (a duet with Kim Kix of Powersolo), both raw and rocking, along with a 2021 re-recording of ‘The Boy I Love’, which heads deep down the ‘60s Girl Group alley. On We Are The Courettes, their second album, the duo began using overdubs in the studio. You can hear Flavia singing harmonies and playing piano and organ on the swinging tracks ‘Time is Ticking’ and ‘Strawberry Boy’. The album also contained the garage nerve of ‘Hoodoo Hop’ and ‘Voodoo Doll’, featuring legendary Brazilian Horror icon Coffin Joe on spells.

The brilliant Back in Mono album found the duo on top songwriting form and is represented on the compilation by ‘Hop The Twig’, ‘Want You! Like a Cigarette’, ‘Night Time (The Boy of Mine)’, ‘R.I.N.G.O’ and ‘Misfits & Freaks’. ‘Only Happy When You’re Gone’ is a hidden gem from Back in Mono (B-Sides & Outtakes), and the fantastic single ‘Christmas (I Can Hardly Wait)’ is included for the first time on an album.

The first pressing is on sunny orange vinyl and is limited to 1000 copies. The band hit the West Coast in May for select dates, as well as Gonerfest in the fall and will be announcing more US shows in the near future.

The Courettes
Boom! Dynamite (An Introduction To The Fabulous Courettes)
Tracklisting
Damaged Goods

1. Boom! Dynamite
2. Hop the Twig
3. Want You! Like A Cigarette
4. Christmas (I Can Hardly Wait)
5. Time is Ticking
6. I’ve Been Walking
7. Only Happy When You’re Gone
8. The Boy I Love
9. Night Time (The Boy of Mine)
10. R.I.N.G.O.
11. Misfits & Freaks
12. Strawberry Boy
13. Push It Too Hard
14. Voodoo Doll

The Courettes 2023 North American Tour Dates

May 5 Casbah – San Diego
May 6 Constellation Room – Santa Ana
May 8 The Sardine – San Pedro
May 9 Transplants Brewing Company – Lancaster
May 10 Cellar Door – Visalia
May 11 Moe’s Alley – Santa Cruz
May 12 Bottom of The Hill – San Francisco
May 13 The Wheelhouse – Nevada City
May 14 Cafe Colonial – Sacramento
September 30 Gonerfest – Memphis

(West Coast Tour w/ The Schizophonics)

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