The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
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Free Music Review: A drop from their previous effort
Hit: 3 Stars
While Pretty in Black showed the maturity of the band's style through a diverse clash of the nostalgic and contemporary - culminating to its marrying track "Ode to LA," the sound of The Raveonette's appropriately-titled new album Lust Lust Lust becomes a seductive yet ultimately repetitive exercise.
The band contrasts the poppy and upbeat Pretty in Black with themes of sensation and desire, dreams and death, and distortion from start to finish. The album is clearly rooted in night, yet never feels "dark", capturing a haunting surf/western guitar chord that reaches its essence early in songs like "Aly, Walk with me" and "Lust."
Disappointing is how the album fails to progress with this nightly variation of the band's sound, taken into far less depth and nuance than the band's previous daytime endeavor, which upon comparison is far superior in how it tackles the landscape of the period it's trying to renovate.
Free Music Review: A dark and dirty collection of spanking electro fuzz combined with 50s surf rock sensibilities.
Hit: 4 Stars
This Danish band - the duo of Sune Rose Wagner (on guitar, instruments and vocals) and Sharin Foo (on bass and vocals) - were much hyped on their arrival in 2002 when they released an album built entirely around the key of B- flat minor.
Freed from their major label deal with Sony and now released on UK indie label Fierce Panda, The Raveonettes, bring the distinctly different sounds of their previous two albums together on this their third CD which makes a strong case for lower recording budgets.
"Lust Lust Lust" combines their electro-fuzz sound, close harmony and a more mature set of songs.
Despite the album being (self) recorded without live drums or bass, the feel is not minimal.
Sharin Foo, the lead singer, has been called one of the hottest women in rock and she sustains the interest in what is effectively a set of demos pretty well.
Making music as dark, fuzzed-up and shimmering as the Velvet Underground, Jesus and Mary Chain, Lush and Suicide, this shoddy set of demos is nonetheless their most exciting collection, with tunes such as "Blush" and "You Want the Candy".
There are a few more notes explored here but The Raveonettes' song structure is still a simple one (layers of guitar noise plus pounding drums and sweet vocals).
It works a treat on the nice "Hallucinations" and the rather predictable "Blush", which are both wonderful 60s pop songs cut through with chiming, discordant, ear-piercing feedback, while "The Beat Dies" is pure Twin Peaks camp.
Though things pall a bit towards the end, there's enough bad-dream melodrama to keep it going until then.
The line "I fell in love in heaven to be with you in hell" typifies the album's doomed-lovers theme in the droning, hypnotic song "Lust", and the eastern-influenced "Aly Walk with Me" is as queasy as it's pretty.
With its themes of death, sex and desire, this is the perfect alt-rock soundtrack for fatalist bikers.
Standout Tracks : "Aly Walk With Me" and "You Want The Candy".
Free Music Review: Good but not perfect
Hit: 3 Stars
I first fell in love with The Raveonettes when I first heard samples of THE CHAIN GANG OF LOVE at a local record store. I loved the mix of distorted guitar riffs ala Jesus and Mary Chain and retro '50s/'60s pop music. When PRETTY IN BLACK came out a few years ago, I was a bit surprised to hear just how polished the album was. I liked PRETTY IN BLACK but it wasn't a Raveonettes classic. When I heard that LUST LUST LUST was a return to their roots, I was excited.
It pleases me to say that the band has returned to their original sound however I found the material to be half-baked at best. The melodies aren't nearly as strong as what I heard on their last two albums. As imperfect as PRETTY IN BLACk was, the album definitely had plenty of catchy pop hooks. The songs on LUST LUST LUST weren't anything memorable. The one song that did stand out with me is the bonus track "My Heartbeat's Dying". LUST LUST LUST isn't by all means a bad album. I have heard worse albums this year. I just wasn't all that impressed with it. I hope the band puts more effort into the melodies and enthusiasm for their next album 'cause it sure as heck was lacking in those two areas.
Free Music Review: Just heard them on WFUV FM (nyc)
Hit: 5 Stars
New fan. Just heard cuts from Lust, Lust, Lust on NYC station WFUV "World Cafe" - WONDRERFUL! HAD TO HAVE IT. Very nice!Free Music Review: The Raveonettes, Danish?
Hit: 5 Stars
Once again, I have to thank David Letterman for introducing artists that I assumed were long gone or singers I had not heard of and have taken a liking to.
Now I reside in Denmark, interested in music and never heard of The Raveonettes.
Immediately, I heard the Raveonettes I believed this is impossible for music that just jumps out at the listener, and it captured me straight away. Denmark has one or two singers that come close to being international. I immediately ordered this album and have no regrets. I just wish this was a SACD on account of the mixing, just perfect. They are completely different from today's trends and even though I am no spring chicken, this album is well worth the cash. If you have a decent audio system this album is even better.