The Launderettes "Every Heart Is A Time Bomb" 2005

The Launderettes are five fabulous girls who play raw 60`s garage punk. They found each other in Oslo, Norway, through their common passion for fuzz, farfisa and frenzy.This is really original, because the Norwegian all-female band THE LAUNDERETTES released a CD which musically is pure 1960s Garage Rock a la THE WHO, THE KINKS, STONES, THE HOLLIES, yet with female vocals of course. They sound like if it was 1965, yet back then real all-female rockbands like THE LAUNDERETTES were absolutely not present, so they would have been huge 40 years ago! Nevertheless with the whole retro 60s garage rock vibe going on very strongly THE LAUNDERETTES will definitely make an impact even this present day. The strange thing about their 2nd CD ‘Every heart is a time bomb’ is that it starts with a very calm almost sweet acoustic pop song, which is definitely out of place on this CD, because from track 2 on it is pure Rock’n’Roll! Somehow this CD has made a bigger impression on me than the latest THE DONNAS record! On uptempo songs like “Fluff ‘n’ fold”, “W.W.J.J.D.?”, “Waiting for you”, “Tarantula town”, “Juvenile thrills” and “Can’t bring me down” the girls rock hard and loud and sound like THE DONNAS used to sound with KINKS/WHO type of guitarwork, so 60s meets 70s Rock N Roll. However, on great calmer very melodic songs like “No good”, “My replica”, “Fading out” and “Regular” the band sounds like a sort of JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, with still some awesome guitarwork. This CD is a must for any fan of female fronted rock, but also all the fans of Garage Rock’n’Roll should check out this band asap, because they might become huge in the future and don’t let that opening track fool ya! More info at: http://www.launderettes.no

trax:
01 Connecting the dots 02 Fluff 'n' fold 03 No good 04 W.W.J.J.D. 05 My replica 06 Waiting for you 07 Fading out 08 Juvenile thrills 09 Can't bring me down 10 Regular 11 Tarantula town