ROUGH DRAFT: The Raveonettes

I dunno if any of this is gonna work, but here's the start of a Raveonettes review + a gratuitous vid for new single Dead Sound.

Danish duo the Raveonettes are kind of like the White Stripes...if Jack and Meg were lovesick vampires. Or like the Everly Brothers if Phil and Don were hardscrabble gumshoes. Or like Jan & Dean if the surf-rockers soundtracked Twin Peaks.

Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo are ambiguously related pretty people with a blatant love for '60s girl groups and B-movie chills — and a blatant disregard for today’s marketplace. Their chief influences are Buddy Holly, Phil Spector and every single garage-rocker who’s ever stabbed his amp with a switchblade to get that fuzzed-out squeal.

Somewhere on their tour bus, there's a paperback copy of Farewell, My Lovely with a cigarette hole on the middle.

With gorgeous harmonies and a menacing leer ("I fell out of heaven," they sing, "to be with you in hell"), the Raveonettes are both pleasing and jarring, making their new album, Lust Lust Lust, perfect for makeout sessions or solitary confinement.

Comments

[jane]

I think it works -- they are rather like the dirtier, sexier cousins of Meg and Jack White. Kinda. Their ethereal harmonies that give it a bit of electronica-lounge feel as well. Kinda.

LOVE the Raymond Chandler imagery.

Haven't heard this new song until now, but I'm partial to their fuzzy back-alley cover of "My Boyfriend's Back" from an earlier album whose name escapes me at the moment.

[Marissa]

I downloaded this track for free on Amazon.com, I believe. I have it on my 'songs that kick a**' playlist. I really dig it.
I'm jazzed that you're writing a review on something I actually already own!

[Jeff in Cuba]

I'm probably just projecting my own tastes onto things, but I can't help but pick up a real "Voice of the Beehive" vibe off of this track.

Very nice.

[chaps]

I've been listening to this album for a few weeks now. It's fantastic! "Pretty in Black" was one of my faves from 2005 and this is even better. In fact, Daly, you got me into these guys. I love the harmonizing combined with the fuzzed-out guitar. "Dead Sound" is a great song and check out "Aly, Walk With Me", "You Want the Candy", "Blitzed", and "Blush" as well. Hope everything is going well at home as well.