It’s not your typical origin story: Danish punks the Columbian Neckties have been touring Brazil a decade in the past, supporting native band the Autoramas. Within the tour van, Danish drummer Martin Thorsen obtained speaking to Brazilian guitarist Flávia Couri. As she advised Shindig! journal: “We have been born 10,000 miles aside, however we each love the identical music, 60s tradition, space-age designs and artwork. We obtained collectively on the final day of the tour and have become boyfriend and girlfriend.”
In 2015, Couri moved to Denmark, she and Thorsen married and the Courettes have been born. Since then, their Phil Spector-influenced 60s storage rock, distinctive visible aesthetic and highly effective dwell performances have been steadily rising an viewers. However for all of their retro shtick, there’s real evolution of their music, and new album The Soul of the Fabulous Courettes looks like a leap ahead, with nods to 60s psychedelia and British invasion-era sounds. “The secure wager would have been to file [2021 album] Again in Mono 2,” Thorsen says, “however we predict it’s boring to do the identical factor time and again… We’re not AC/DC – we don’t make the identical file each time.”
It’s on stage that they’re of their factor although. “Touring doesn’t make us millionaires,” says Couri, “however we’d reasonably do it than have day jobs and do that as a aspect hustle.”
The Soul of the Fabulous Courettes is out on Broken Items on 27 September. Their UK tour begins in Hull on 25 September
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