Thursday, 31 July 2014

The Courtesans - 1917


The Courtesans are a London based all female band consisting of Sinead La Bella (vocals), Saffire Sanchez (guitar), Agnes Jones (bass) and Victoria Brown (drums).  Their music is dark, sultry, fascinating and addictive.  Their live shows are a blend of beautiful music, superb vocals and a large theatrical element as they make their gigs intoThe Courtesans are a London based all female band consisting of Sinead La Bella (vocals), Saffire Sanchez (guitar), Agnes Jones (bass) and Victoria Brown (drums).  Their music is dark, sultry, fascinating and addictive.  Their live shows are a blend of beautiful music, superb vocals and a large theatrical element as they make their gigs into shows, that have included them performing in their underwear or pouring melted candle wax on one members bare skin. While they may use some sexy or provocative images to promote themselves, there's no sense that this is a naive group of girls being exploited – more that this is a group of women who are completely in control and use their image how they want to use it. After a successful Pledgemusic campaign they recorded  their debut album and released the download to Pledgers earlier this year.  They then decided they could make it better, so have delayed the release of the CDs to enable them to remix the album.  Now that process is complete Pledgers are able to download the improved version, and will be looking forward to getting their CDs very soon. Well it's been a long time since the Pledge campaign launched [...]

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