Video: Rose Elinor Dougall, The (New) Pipettes

June 29, 2010

In 2006, The Pipettes brought back 60’s-era girl groups, polka dot dresses, and choreographed dance moves and they were pretty awesome (and awesomely pretty). The three ladies released an album, did a couple tours (I reviewed their Chicago show here) and then promptly went their separate ways. Fast-forward a couple years later and now the new Pipettes (Gwenno + her sister Ani) and ex-Pipettes Rose Eilinor Dougall (formerly known as Rosay) are both prepping new albums and have recently released video singles.

Rose’s new material is sounding very promising. While “Start/Stop/Synchro”,  released last year, was upbeat 80’s synth-fest, her new single, “Find Me Out” (video above) is melancholy and soulful, and really shows off her vocal range. Some very nice, subtle horns pepper the track. Cool stuff. Rose’s solo debut album is called Without Why and will be out August of this year.

The new Pipettes fare a little worse on their new single, “Call Me” (watch above). They’ve pretty much done away with their retro sound and image and now have a more Eurodance vibe that’s closer to Kylie Minogue then Darlene Love. It’s not exactly as fresh or exciting but the songs are reasonably catchy and they still have that throwback / guilty pleasure appeal. The new Pipettes album is called Earth vs. Pipettes and will be out sometime this year.

Also, if you wondering what happened to RiotBecki, she’s now in a band called The Projectionists. Check out some songs at their myspace.

Posted by Taylor in Video