Support comes from The Cretins, a band from Worthing who’s youth belies an appreciation and  knowledge of bands like The Small Faces, The High Numbers and The Kinks. They’ve brought their own group of fans, suggesting a scene of some sort in their town and its a fantastic way to kick off this evening of retro Sixties sounds.

The Courettes are a duo comprising Martin Couri from Denmark on drums and his Brazilian wife Flavia Couri on guitar. They play a blistering mix of Garage Rock with plenty of pounding drums and surf guitar. Martin bashes at his drum kit providing a double time frenzied back beat, sometimes with maracas or a tambourine in place of a drumstick while Flavia plays a vintage Vox Phantom guitar with an array of pedals providing distortion and feedback, singing, crooning or screaming depending on the song.

The songs themselves are like The Ramones, The Ronettes, MC 5 and The Shangri- La’s melded together to crank out scuzzy adrenaline fuelled boy meets girl meets alien Garage Rock with a healthy pop sensibility.

The small but vocal crowd are well up for the energetic vibe coming off the stage, responding enthusiastically to songs “The Boy I Love” from their 2015 EP “Here Are The Courettes“, “Boom Dynamite” and the slower paced “Time Is Ticking“.

Operating with a similar DIY aesthetic to that more punkier couple The Lovely Eggs, The Courettes would make a dynamic addition to any festival line up. Definitively one to catch live if you can.

Peace

The Courettes