The Punk Site 2021 Top 20: The Courettes – Back In Mono

At Number 4 in The Punk Site‘s countdown of our contributors favourite releases from 2021 are garage rock duo The Courettes, who released their new album, Back In Mono, in October via Damaged Goods Records. On their new full length the band are in full reverb-drenched, surf rock mode, like The Ronettes and The Ramones invited Link Wray and Duane Eddy for a wild party in Gold Star Studios’ echo chamber. Back To Mono also sees them add broader nuances, influences and sound qualities to their garage rock recipe. Fuzz guitars, loud drums, trashy pianos, jingle bells, tambourines and three-minute dance floor garage killers where a Wall of Sound blasts the songs out of the speakers.

“With ‘Back In Mono’ The Courettes have maintained their (and their fans) love of everything that’s right about old school rhythm and blues beat groups with that unpolished, sharp edge and at the same time have taken things a step further into the high energy, good time rock n roll dance party feel of 60’s pop. Excellent stuff.” (Steve White, October 2021)

Back In Mono is available via Damaged Goods Records