Garage rock at it’s absolute finest is to be found right here with The Ettes. Think The Kills with a faster beat and a cup or two of 60’s garage mixed in with just a pinch of Motown pop, and you’ve got yourself The Ettes. You can just see the attitude oozing from the members in the picture at your left and to add to the attitude, their names are simply Coco, Jem and Poni. Awesomeness factor 5 right there folks.
“Looking at Life Again Soon” is their second album and the 12 songs contained within log in at just over 30 minutes total. Needless to say, you will want to listen to it over and over again. Said to be influenced by The Ramones, The Rolling Stones and Nancy Sinatra, you can surely hear all of those influences at work on this album. This is a rockin’ album filled with gritty, fuzzy guitar, simple but big beats and vocals that have that Motown groove but dirty rock swagger.
In keeping with the short and sweet reviews….give The Ettes a listen. I like them, and have added them to my “I wish spring would hurry up and get it’s ass here” playlist…..you will too.
Make Noise!