The Punk Site 2024 Top 40: #8 The Courettes – The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes

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A rock ’n roll sensation from the word go, Danish-Brazilian duo The Courettes released their fourth, and best, album to date, The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes, in 2024 via Damaged Goods Records. This time, they were bigger, wider and deeper than ever before as they added more to their blistering ramalama. The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes hits the sweet spot that straddles garage rock, girl groups, doo-wop harmonies, heartache and all points in between. The Courettes built on the momentum of predecessor, Back In Mono, with a collection of songs that opened up their sonicscope while confronting dark emotional matter. The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes is an album aimed as much for what’s below the neck as above it, for this is an album that dances through the darkness to celebrate the joy that is living.

“I think what makes this album something you’ll keep going back to though, is just how, despite its shiny exterior, the truly intricate strings, horns, organs, and infectious melodies, this is an album of substance and soul, with a heart of Rock n Roll.  This is an album that is so much more than just music and lyrics, its fun, its sad, its dark, its sing-a-long, but most of all it’s something that’s been set free.” (Mark Cartwright)