Thursday 28 February 2008



You want the candy

photo: Oeren Solkaer Starbird

I’ve never been greatly impressed by The Raveonettes in the past, but I have to say that I’ve been taken with “Aly, Walk With Me” from their latest album, Lust Lust Lust enough to give the, erm, lustful duo another chance to get down and dirty with me.

It’s swaggering opening and chant-like vocals make “Aly…” a mesmerizing affair. The spaghetti-western instrumentation and cinematic-scope of the locales (walking in the summer, walking in dreams, walking in New York, and Portland, is it?) adds the making of a sultry love affair. It’s almost Portishead-like, if Portishead were backed by a fuzzed out guitar band who’d been listening to Darklands or Psychocandy. I think it’s fair to say you’ll either love it or you’ll hate it. And if you hate it, perhaps you’ll like Ruby Isle’s cover of the track more.

The Raveonettes “Aly, Walk With Me”
[Lust Lust Lust, 2008, Vice]

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