The Raveonettes: Lust, Lust, Lust 2007 + In And Out Of Control 2009

Combining the noisy swells of the Jesus and Mary Chain with melodic elements of '50s rock & roll, Danish duo the Raveonettes are a band tied to the past, sonically and visually, but they're never afraid to give their trademark retro sound a slightly more modern update with new wave synths and hip-hop drum breaks while always staying true to their darkly dangerous vision.
                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                              
Guitarist Sune Rose Wagner had tried assembling a band for several years, traveling between New York

City, Las Vegas, Hollywood, and an island outside of Seattle in his search for like-minded musicians. A longtime fan of Bob Dylan, he also prized the songwriting of Buddy Holly and the harmonies of the Everly Brothers, although it was the lovely dissonance of Sonic Youth and the Jesus and Mary Chain that ultimately motivated Wagner to pursue music professionally.
                                                                         

                                                                                      
His stay in America didn't exactly pan out, and Wagner returned to Denmark, where he connected with bassist/vocalist Sharin Foo. A fan of the Beatles and the Velvet Underground, Foo had studied qawwali and Hindustani classical music during a six-month stay abroad.
Artist Biography by MacKenzie Wilson
                                                                

                                                                                
[ AllMusic Review by Tim Sendra

The Raveonettes' third album, Lust Lust Lust, is the sound of a band rescuing its career from the clutches of cliché and rediscovering the magic that made it so exciting on its debut, Chain Gang of Love. The opening track, "Aly, Walk with Me," serves notice that things are going to be a lot different, the menacing prowl of the verses giving way to a deafening burst of white light/white heat noise halfway through the song.
                                                         

                                                                        
Those fearing that Lust Lust Lust would be another record lost to over-production and slickness should, once they regain their hearing, be ecstatic. The duo recaptures the fire, mystery, and dirty glamour of its early records and adds a sharper melodic sense on a batch of songs that will stick to you like a sharp knife between the ribs.
                                                                

                                                                                    
Tracks like the thrillingly bleak yet devastatingly pretty "Dead Sound," the swaying "The Beat Dies," and the classically melodic "Black Satin" are as good as anything the band has done to date (and frankly, compare quite ably to the work of their most obvious influence, the Jesus and Mary Chain).
                                                    

                                                                               
Sune Rose Wagner took over the production task from Richard Gottherer and stripped away all

remnants of the glossy hack job they did on Pretty in Black. Throughout the record, the reverb is so heavy it might make you woozy, the drums clatter like trash can lids, and the vocals struggle to make it through the layers of haze, but Wagner's light touch and newfound sense of restraint means the arrangements sound fully realized and, if not three-dimensional, a very strong two. Sharin Foo's vocals sounds as glacial and, as ever, Wagner's guitar melodies are note perfect (check his work on "Blitzed" for a short lesson on how to do a lot with only a few notes) and the two of them appear as reassuringly unwholesome as ever.]

TRACKS

01. Aly, Walk With Me     4:58
02. Hallucinations     2:59
03. Lust     3:38
04. Dead Sound     3:33
05. Black Satin     2:39
06. Blush     3:17
07. Expelled From Love     3:15
08. You Want The Candy     3:07
09. Blitzed     3:03
10. Sad Transmission     3:08
11. With My Eyes Closed     3:31
12. The Beat Dies     3:42

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IN AND OUT OF CONTROL 2009

The Raveonettes fourth album, In and Out of Control, marks another change in direction for the band,

though it's much less noticeable than the shift between the glossy, overproduced Pretty in Black and the raw, noisy, and self-produced Lust Lust Lust. This time out, the duo of Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner decided to record in a studio again, and enlisted the production and songwriting skills of Thomas Troelsen, who's worked with a diverse roster of artists that ranges from Junior Senior to Aqua, to his own excellent groups Private and Superheroes.
                                                   

                                                                               
Anyone fearing a return to the slick sounds that almost ruined the band will be glad to know that while there is more variety and a definite pop feel to the album, there is also plenty of noise and raw power to go around. The subject matter of the lyrics is totally Raveonettes too, touching on "suicide," rape, sadistic girls, heartbreak -- all providing the requisite levels of general malevolence one would expect.
                                                   

                                                                              
What the band and Troelsen do on the album is take the basic noise-plus-melody template that forms

the band's core and give it a tweak here and there. Some sunny glockenspiel on "Last Dance," some electronic sound manipulation on "Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed"), and clunky new wave drums on "Breaking into Cars" are some of the touches that brighten things up without diluting the band's intrinsic strengths.
                                                     

                                                                          
In general, the tightly arranged songs and use of different sounds from song to song make it

perhaps the most listenable album of their career. It has some of their hookiest songs ("Last Dance," "Suicide," "Bang!"), some of their most ferocious sounding songs ("Break Up Girls!") and their toughest ("Boys Who Rape"), a couple of very pretty ballads ("Oh, I Buried You Today" and "Wine"), and no missteps. Thanks to the production, the performances, and the songs, the Raveonettes have delivered on the renewed promise of Lust Lust Lust and made a very good, almost great, noise-pop album.
AllMusic Review by Tim Sendra

TRACKS

01. Bang!     
02. Gone Forever     
03. Last Dance     
04. Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)     
05. Hearts Of Stone     
06. Oh, I Buried You Today     
07. Suicide     
08. D.r.u.g.s.     
09. Breaking Into Cars     
10. Break Up Girls!     
11. Wine 

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SUICIDE  LYRICS

Dream little girl
On lonely street
Little runaway girl
Do it again
Do it again

Your boyfriend's mean
And your mom's a bitch
Little runaway girl
Do it again
Do it again

Run run run away little girl
Get your fun in this trashy world
Empty-hearted boys by your side
Lick your lips and fuck suicide

Suicide
No tonight
Suicide
No tonight

You're ripe for love
New York's the shit
Little runaway girl
Do it again
Do it again

On the Brooklyn Bridge
You fix your stare
The East River sleeps
Do it again
Do it again
Do it again
Do it again

Run run run away little girl
Get your fun in this trashy world
Empty-hearted boys by your side
Lick your lips and fuck suicide

Suicide
No tonight
Suicide
No tonight

Run run run away little girl
Get your fun in this trashy world
Empty-hearted boys by your side
Lick your lips and fuck suicide

Suicide
No tonight
Suicide
No tonight

The Raveonettes: Whip It On (EP) 2002 + Chain Gang Of Love 2003 + Pretty In Black 2005 + Dead Sound (Single) 2007

 The Raveonettes are a Danish indie rock duo, consisting of Sune Rose Wagner on guitar, instruments

and vocals, and Sharin Foo on bass, guitar and vocals. Their 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. Their songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of 1950s and 1960s rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats, and often dark lyrical content (e.g., crime, drugs, murder, suicide, love, lust, and betrayal), similar to another of the band's influences, The Velvet Underground.
                                                             

                                                                         
Combining the noisy swells of the Jesus and Mary Chain with melodic elements of '50s rock & roll, Danish duo the Raveonettes are a band tied to the past, sonically and visually, but they're never afraid to give their trademark retro sound a slightly more modern update with new wave synths and hip-hop drum breaks while always staying true to their darkly dangerous vision.
                                                              

                                                                         
Guitarist Sune Rose Wagner had tried assembling a band for several years, traveling between New York City, Las Vegas, Hollywood, and an island outside of Seattle in his search for like-minded musicians. A

longtime fan of Bob Dylan, he also prized the songwriting of Buddy Holly and the harmonies of the Everly Brothers, although it was the lovely dissonance of Sonic Youth and the Jesus and Mary Chain that ultimately motivated Wagner to pursue music professionally. His stay in America didn't exactly pan out, and Wagner returned to Denmark, where he connected with bassist/vocalist Sharin Foo. A fan of the Beatles and the Velvet Underground, Foo had studied qawwali and Hindustani classical music during a six-month stay abroad.
                                                                

                                                                        
The duo met in Copenhagen and, after forming the band, began recording "Whip It On" at "Once Was

& Sauna Recording Studio", a former Sony Studios facility. They booked the studio for three weeks during non-session down time late in 2001 and handled all production chores by themselves. Adding guitarist Manoj Ramdas and jazz drummer Jakob Hoyer, The Raveonettes booked one of their first gigs at the SPOT festival in Aarhus, the second largest city in Denmark.

                                                                              
After the release of "Whip It On" on the seminal Danish Crunchy Frog label, Hoyer and Ramdas would contribute to the next three Raveonettes albums, along with other additional musicians. However, by the time "Lust Lust Lust" was released in 2007, Sune and Sharin would be the only two musicians credited, showing a return to the dynamic around the time of the mini-album.
                                                    

                                                                            
Officially, the band was discovered by Rolling Stone editor David Fricke at the SPOT festival, and his rave review of the duo immediately resulted in a number of offers from major labels. Unofficially, the band discovered that David Fricke would be present at the SPOT festival, and they rushed a band together and headed for the festival. The band is managed by Richard Gottehrer, who has been with them from the start.
                                                       

                                                                                 
"Whip It On" was named "Best Rock Album of the Year" at the Danish Music Awards

(Denmark's Grammy equivalent) on 1 March 2003, while The Raveonettes were picked by Rolling Stone and Q Magazine as being among the harbingers of the "Next Wave" of contemporary music.
In 2006, Blender named Sharin Foo one of rock's hottest women, alongside Courtney Love, Joan Jett, and Liz Phair.

WHIP IT ON  EP  2002

Whip It On is the debut mini-album of The Raveonettes. It was released on August 6, 2002. Every song is in the key of B-flat minor in contrast to the follow-up album Chain Gang of Love, which is almost entirely in the key of B-flat major. Each song also features only three chords.

TRACKS

01. Attack of the Ghost Riders  2:30
02. Veronica Fever    2:37
03. Do You Believe Her  2:07
04. Chains    2:34
05. Cops on Our Tail  2:58
06. My Tornado  2:05
07. Bowels of the Beast  3:14
08. Beat City  3:08

Total length:    21:10

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CHAIN GANG OF LOVE  2003

The band's first full-length album, Chain Gang of Love, was produced by Richard Gottehrer and The

Raveonettes' own Sune Rose Wagner. The album was recorded in Denmark and New York from 9–17 October, 6–12 November, and 4–10 December 2002, and mixed in London in early 2003. The thirteen songs on Chain Gang of Love are written by Sune Rose Wagner with the exception of "That Great Love Sound", which Sune co-wrote with Gottehrer. Portions of this song were featured in a U.S. ad for Kmart. The album is notable in that all the songs were written in the key B-flat major.

TRACKS

01. Remember  2:41
02. That Great Love Sound   Richard Gottehrer, Wagner  3:16
03. Noisy Summer     2:24
04. The Love Gang     2:16
05. Let's Rave On     1:55
06. Dirty Eyes (Sex Don't Sell)     2:26
07. Love Can Destroy Everything     2:54
08. Heartbreak Stroll    2:26
09. Little Animal     3:09
10. Untamed Girls     1:44
11. Chain Gang of Love  2:36
12. The Truth About Johnny     2:36
13. New York Was Great  2:48
         
Bonus Track

14.  C'mon Everybody (Eddie Cochran)    2:29

MUSICIANS

Sune Rose Wagner: guitars and vocals
Sharin Foo: bass and vocals
Manoj Ramdas: guitars
Jakob Hoyer: drums

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PRETTY IN BLACK 2005

The band's follow-up album, "Pretty in Black", broadened their musical palette, featuring guest vocals from Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes as well as guest instrumental spots from Maureen Tucker (of The

Velvet Underground) and Martin Rev (of Suicide). This was their first album in which Sharin Foo did not play bass; instead, The Raveonettes added bass player Anders Christensen, who had toured with seminal jazz drummer Paul Motian, amongst others. Christensen recorded on the album and toured with the band. At the end of the 2005 tour, guitar player Manoj Ramdas left the band to concentrate on his new band SPEKTR.

TRACKS

01. The Heavens  3:55
02. Seductress of Bums  3:50
03. Love in a Trashcan  2:52
04. Sleepwalking  3:29
05. Uncertain Times  3:58
06. My Boyfriend's Back (Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer)  2:39
07. Here Comes Mary   3:02
08. Red Tan  3:48
09. Twilight  3:36
10. Somewhere in Texas  4:28
11. You Say You Lie  2:56
12. Ode to L.A.  3:18
13. If I Was Young  2:46

UK bonus tracks

14. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry  (Hank Williams)  2:54
15. Everyday  (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty)   2:54
16. Black Wave  4:24
17. I Wanna Be Taken    3:03

MUSICIANS

Sune Rose Wagner: guitars, vocals, synth, percussion, drums, bass, and programming
Sharin Foo: vocals and percussion
Jakob Hoyer: drums and percussion
Anders Christensen: bass, percussion, and organ
Manoj Ramdas: guitar

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DEAD SOUND SINGLE  2007

The Raveonettes used drum machines instead of real drums, and recorded most bass and non-guitar sounds with keyboards.

TRACKS

01. Dead Sound
02. Honey, I Never Had You

I hear the sound of falling love as I wonder where you are
Hits the ground with a dead sound I now you ain't got far
You're too stupid and sissy-like to say that you want out
You make the eyes of a million girls and think you'll make them shout

Dead sound
Dead sound

I used to take you on every time that sparkle turned to black
I used to drag you through my streets when you came crawling back
Your cheap words that you bought on sale won't help you through tonight
You make the eyes of a million girls and think that's what they like

Dead sound
Dead sound

And now you go through a million girls and try to pick what's right
When nightfall comes and you're still alone do you feel it deep inside?
It's "oh so cold" on the other side where your thoughts can turn you down
You make the eyes of a million girls but I see no girl around

Dead sound
Dead sound

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