361) The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust

A Danish band is the request, and I was obviously gutted when it wasn’t Aqua but if it can’t be them let’s have a listen to The Raveonettes.

Can you believe this duo have been around for twenty-five years especially as co-vocalist and bassist Sharin Foo hasn’t bloody changed. Her and fellow vocalist and guitarist Sune Rose Wagner have released ten albums and Lust Lust Lust was their third record released back in 2007 and was their first record recorded without any outside musicians with all twelve songs written by Wagner.

There is no huge single here but we have perfectly placed guitars, the thrashing riffs are in all the right places, feedback, basic programmed drums and space and reverb throughout and exquisite harmonising, it’s a delight but it requires work, taking several listens before worming it’s way into your mind.

It has it’s influences we have 60’s girls groups, With My Eyes Closed reminds me of records my late father listened to and he has been gone nearly fifty year and You Want the Candy is The Mary Chain with guest female vocalist and I am sure they may have listened to the odd Velvet Underground record, sorry obvious I know, but to obvious not to mention.

Ally, Walk with Me is an atmospheric start it has a driving repetitive beat and haunting vocals with slashing feedback guitars, if David Lynch was still with us and Twin Peaks was about to be commissioned he would have to get this into the series, wonderfully haunting and the title track follows the same vein.

Dead Sound rattles into play until the chorus arrives with just vocal and keyboards, its simple, effective, and haunting and the instrumental break towards the end of Black Satin is a joy.

For me Expelled from Love never progresses but the simplicity of the vocals and drums on Blitzed with a Duane Eddy guitar break (don’t say my references are not cutting edge) wins me over. The Beat Dies is how Lynch would end Twin Peaks as we would fade away from his world, but this record shouldn’t fade from your minds as one of their heroes would say it’s a “walk on the wild side.”  

 8/10

GIVE IT A STREAM: Ally, Walk with Me