The Ettes are officially back — and they’re leading with a bang. The reunited Nashville-based duo has dropped “Not at All,” a high-energy comeback single that doubles as the first proper statement from their long-awaited second act. The track arrives alongside a surreal, self-directed video that playfully reframes the band’s breakup and rebirth, even throwing in a deliberately off-kilter dance routine.
The release follows last month’s low-key return via teaser single “Dangerous Girl,” the band’s first after more than a decade of silence. An EP is expected sometime this spring, with the follow-up to 2011’s Wicked Will due by year’s end. Live dates in the U.S. and Europe are also taking shape.
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Guitarist/vocalist Coco Hames and drummer Maria “Poni” Silver began reconnecting creatively last year, eventually expanding the lineup with Raconteurs/Dead Weather bassist Jack Lawrence. In summer 2025, the trio headed to Joshua Tree’s Rancho de la Luna to record with producer Dave Catching, known for his work with Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal. They emerged with 14 new tracks that retain the band’s signature mix of girl-group melody and garage-rock grit, while pushing into a more expansive sound.
Hames says “Not at All” captures that evolution: “The song was inspired by the unique intensity that you feel at the start of a romance, but it could apply equally to that overwhelming feeling that comes at the start of any important relationship — including forming, or in this case, re-forming the band.”
Before stepping away in 2013, the Ettes built a devoted following through relentless touring and a string of acclaimed releases. They shared stages with the Black Keys and Kings of Leon and got a further lift when their song “Crown of Age” appeared in Drew Barrymore’s 2009 roller derby-themed film Whip It.
“Coco always says she has two left feet,” Silver says of the “Not At All” clip. “But that’s actually why we decided to put a big dance routine in the video. We’re consciously forcing ourselves to do all the things that we would’ve been afraid of or too precious to try during the first run of the band.”
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