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2011 release from the Danish Indie Rock duo. The Raveonettes' music is characterized by close two-part vocal harmonies inspired by The Everly Brothers coupled with hard-edged electric guitar overlaid with liberal doses of noise, very similar to The Jesus and Mary Chain. Their songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of '50s and '60s rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats, and often dark lyrical content, similar to another of the band's influences, The Velvet Underground.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
May be their best, April 8 2011
By Hamster Army - Published on Amazon.com
Although a bit on the short side, for their standards any ways, Raven In The Grave is full of gripping songs and mood swings that make Sune and Sharin so great. They've sort of reinvented themselves slightly once again, or are evolving, hitting somewhere between "Lust" and their earlier music, but without the fluff of "Control," and recreating the amazing live sound they have with big reverb and nostalgic 50's-60's American pop overtures. But thankfully, the "Control" album's misses are not here. There isn't a bad song on this album, it is a great listen from start to finish as a whole, and has an over-powering, beautiful sound with their usual dark references to bad relationships and dying thrown around. What they do here with the cleaner, moodier songs incorporate their early music influences once again (50's/60's pop rock put in a gothic, psychedelic spin).Sune is a fantastic and somewhat original guitarist and songwriter, who doesn't get enough credit. I have no idea why this album or this band isn't more popular than they are.
The constant comparisons to J&M Chain with any dark, fuzz-guitar rock band gets old, and is a discredit to them actually.
Highlights are "War Cry," "Apparitions," "Evil Seed," and "Forget That You're Young." Not your typical Raveonettes upbeat rockers, but there is enough of that also. The entire album works as a great listen from start to finish in one sitting.
"My Time's Up" was surprisingly good live when I heard it, and it sort of typifies the mood and theme of the album as a whole, moving towards you and taking your senses over for a few minutes, building-up and ending a flurry, that's really accentuated live (you really need to see them play live if you haven't and like them at all).
So, why "not" give it 5 stars? This album may very well be their most accessible, solid and consistent album yet, and they have nothing but good music in their catalog. I'm surely biased, but after "Control's" direction and several songs that tanked for them, maybe I'm just overly joyed at the quality of their new CD, it's a classic in the shoe-gaze/80's goth/psychedelic genres, and may be more appreciated in the future?
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
soaring psychedelic shoegaze dream-pop tunes, April 5 2011
By Charlie Quaker "The Quaker Goes Deaf" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Raven In The Grave (Audio CD)
The 6th album since 2002 from this Danish duo retains their tendency for dark lyrics, butsweetens up their raw sound with a bit more production. These are soaring psychedelic
shoegaze dream-pop tunes with achingly strong melodies that you just want to melt into, while
floating on a hypnotic bliss-cloud of haunted synthesizers, enchanting vocals & sweeping,
celestial soundscape guitar drones. Some similarities to The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, New
Order, Lush, Velvet Underground, Belle & Sebastian, Serena Maneesh.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome, May 18 2011
By Joanna Davis "Joanna" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Raven In The Grave (Audio CD)
One word: Amazing. The only complaint that I have is that I want this album to be longer because it is soooo great. I truly think they are an underrated band.
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