The Courettes “Salta Il Ramo” 2022. Wild Honey Records. Limited edition 7″ single, white vinyl. This was a little bonus freebie that arrived from Green Noise Records last week. I’ve never heard of The Courettes, who are a garage rock duo from Denmark and Brazil, on this 7″ singing “Salta Il Ramo” in Italian. Their original “Hop the Twig” (sung in English) came out in 2021; this remake was released for their European tour and RSD 2022. In both languages it’s fantastic: sultry lo-fi 60’s garage with a pyschobilly twang and a sexy beat. The b-side is another 60’s inspired track, “Non Ti Lascerò,” but with a more upbeat and beachy/girl-group/wall of sound vibe, also in Italian. The original English language version, “Won’t Let You Go,” as well as “Hop the Twig,” appears on their 2021 LP Back in Mono.

More about The Courettes courtesy of AllMusic since I have not heard of them til today: “Based in Denmark, the dynamic duo behind the Courettes is lead singer and guitarist Flavia Couri, originally from Brazil, and drummer Martin Couri, a native Dane and Flavia’s husband. The two met in Brazil in 2013, when his band played on a bill with hers during a tour of South America. They quickly hit it off musically, and in 2015 Flavia relocated to Denmark, where she and Martin formed the group. The duo went into the studio to lay down some songs, and while they had initially planned to add more musicians to the lineup, they were so happy with the way they sounded with just guitar and drums that they made their duo permanent.”