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With dashes of Nick Cave darkness, surf-guitar twang, ugly '60s pop and Velvet Underground-y noise, the Raveonettes offer more variations on the dense tuned-down sound that's overtaking America.
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MojoThis band could, and should, go mega. [Jan 2003, p.99]
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Q MagazineIt really is hard to distinguish between the eight tracks here, but when a theme's this good, the variants are never going to be a problem. [Mar 2003, p.113]
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A 21 minute 41 second short burst of booming, stylish rock alchemy.
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Entertainment WeeklyAs easily taken for a salute to '60s transistor-radio pop as for Jesus and Mary Chain worship. [28 Mar 2003, p.68]
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There's probably nothing here you haven't heard before, but it's all wrapped up in a particularly appetizing package and garnished with lots of artful discord.
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Imagine a two-piece BRMC if they'd grown up in a sub-zero landscape in Denmark where the only cultural sign-posts are trashy sado-pulp novels, distorted Velvets bootlegs and endless re-runs of Marlon Brando in classic biker-flick 'The Wild One'.
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A scrappy little album that at times has a frustrating same-y-ness to it, but with each of the disc's tunes lasting no longer than three minutes, the Raveonettes' proto-punk formula never outstays its welcome.
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A Sonic Youth sneer, VU drone, and the Jesus & Mary Chain fuzz-tone shackling.
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SamW.Aug 12, 2008
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tomaSep 4, 2006Fabulous noisy fun
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MikeKJul 4, 2003super