Raveonettes - classic or CLASSIC?

The new disc -- Lust Lust Lust -- appeared on eMusic today. I'm very curious based on the review, which says it's better than 'Psychocandy'.

^^ rong obv

Probably so, but the favorable comparison still speaks well of the disc. Others upthread seem to like it, too. Is it just a JAMC knockoff?

goddamn, two days after i buy a copy and FP finally fucking get off their ass to put it on emusic. typical. anyway it's a very fun record, if not up to the standards of the last two

evidently i can't access it on emusic so no harm done

I am happy with the recent JAMC-type indie releases - Raveonettes, A Place To Bury Strangers, Magnetic Fields, etc. It's a very welcome return of sonic depth to iPod-quality indiepop.

Man that APTBS disc is good. The way a record oughta be.

I'll probably be crucified for saying it, but Lust Lust Lust is exactly what I was hoping to get from the disappointing Magnetic Fields album.

i haven't heard distortion but i'm sure that's entirely fair

The Black Tamborine comment is very astute ... it has a strong Aislers Set feel to it. It sounds like it belongs on Slumberland, not Vice. Extremely strong album, but will it be remembered at the end of the year?

It's getting only fair reviews (72 METASCORE on about 17 reviews), so chances are it won't be remembered in many Year-End Polls.

i'm digging lust lust lust. plenty of fuzz on the guitars, but very pretty soundscapes nonetheless. nice, dreamy songs

Lust Lust Lust is great, I like it better than the previous records (which were good, but kinda samey very quickly).

Seems like there's more of a groove to the songs this time around.

i'll have to check this out

My favorite rock disc of the year, so far.

Great!

Two follow-ups. First, the disc really does have a sonic imprint similar to Psychocandy, tho I'm by no means saying it's as good (some have, however, e.g., the eMusic review). I mention it because L3 is one of the more strongly nostalgic discs I've heard since the 80s revival began this decade, and so it touches certain nerves with me. Second, L3 is, to me, a nice companion piece to the growing indie noise rock sound I've been enjoying more and more over the past few years. I think of it and two other discs as three sides of the nu-Indie Noise Rock: L3 representing darkly romantic noise rock; A Place To Bury Strangers' self-titled debut last year representing angry, industrial-type noise rock; and TNV's new disc representing light-hearted, raucous noise rock. I'm sure I've missed a lot of other equally worthy noise rock discs, but there it is. Anyway, L3 is a very, very good disc.

see also: asobi seksu

Brilliant show tonight. Loved their cover of Stereolab's "French Disko" too.

I kinda regret being so drunk when I saw them, I can't remember much about the gig, and lots of people are saying they were great live!

Eh, this is okay. The way they use vocals to balance the mood/sound out strikes me as an improvement on JAMC, but some of these songs (and it's a relatively short album) aren't holding my attention.

Best album of the year, so far.

^^^ Agreed.

it's a relatively short album . . . (but some of the songs) aren't holding my attention.

I'd say it's economical and compact. And the high points -- e.g., Aly Walk With Me, Dead Sound, You Want The Candy, Sad Transmission -- are very, very high.

wow, i didn't realise they were my favourites until you just said it. well done.

^^that reads as sarcasm but it isn't I swear

'you want the candy' is taking the whole j and m chain thing a little too far, for mine.

best of the year would be a big call. i'll settle on a pleasing set of songs for now

i like how every interview with them I've read has included a list of their very obvious influences VU ronnettes buddy holly mbv jamc shangrilas etc

haha totally. if ever a band's influences are gonna speak for themselves it's these guys

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'you want the candy' is taking the whole j and m chain thing a little too far, for mine.

Talk about telegraphing an already obvious influence. However, in all honesty I do like that song. I would also add "Hallucinations" to Daniel's list of the best songs on the album (with which I otherwise agree), even though I don't like any of it as much as he does.

its actually the beauty of them. Simulacrum I think; I might not have really understood that Baudrillard book.

i think this albums cover art has been overlooked, as a band who have always had really bad design this is a great cover and probably one of the best there will be this year.

while i like this album i do think it's their weakest since the debut

yep rockist, i acknowledge it as an already obvious, given influence. just that that particular song annoys me a tad with its even-more-overt-than-usual nod to the jamc oeuvre :)

agreed on cover art

you mean you think whip it on is weak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

what about bowels of the beast or cops on our tail or attack of the ghost riders or beat city. They are fucking brilliant. Minor works for minor works.

it's all relative 8)

relavitism is the enemy of human rights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is a question of ethics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fuck you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes i suppose its only an opinion.

"aly walk with me" = sexy fuzzy jam of the year.

that song's a goodo

Opener ‘Aly Walk With Me’ merges hip-hop beats and Velvet Underground guitars

nme have never eard ip hop

raveonettes = noise rockers?

nme have never heard noise music

Q. nme writers = my little sister?

My little sister has heard public enemy and Free Kitten

A. No

Raveonettes basically denied belonging to any particular music scene when I talked to them at SXSW, which I thought was kinda weird/stupid.

hahah!

i saw them twice at sxsw, both times great but one was just exceptionally well done, way awesome show.

one of my fav songs = "My Heartbeat's Dying", the first bonus track on the US version. so so so good.

Video for 'You Want The Candy'. Really good (quick, jagged cuts; scuzzy; exciting). One of my favorite songs of the year, no matter how obviously derivative it is.

he shouldn't do that thing with his hair

I like about half the songs on this album but "You Want the Candy" is boring shit

Candy is one of my favorites, but I love a lot of stuff on this disc.

they don't strike me as an indie-burlesque-friendly sound

lust lust lust is pretty great. obv. the JAMC references are huge on the record, but it works cuz the songs are good....also i was suprised by a few moments (like aly walk w.me) that go into actual hellish noise not just "indie noisy-ish guitars".....

in a way they are sort of doing the same thing times new viking is doing for a different set of historical references (JAMC/Kitchens of Distinction vs. GBV/Stiltbreeze shit)

It's all about "Blitzed" these days

Why did I ignore this band for so long?