Pitchfork

Armed with an eight track recorder and a handful of "wimpy folk" tunes, punk vets turned harmony-minded auteurs Kimberly Morrison and Jesse Lortz became the Dutchess and the Duke. The former members of such bands as Intelligence, the Fallouts, and the Fe Fi Fo Fums have put together their debut album, the winkingly titled She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke, which will be released by Sub Pop sister label Hardly Art at some point in the next few months. (They sure do like male/female duos with pseudonyms over there at Hardly Art.)

Like what you read? You can skip the wait and take a stroll in the band's "Reservoir Park" / "Mary" single, which Lortz released on his label Boom Boom Castle. Or you could check out the band on a couple of upcoming dates in their hometown of Seattle.

Dutchess / Duke:

01-26 Seattle, WA - Wild Rose
02-22 Seattle, WA - McLeod Gallery