{"id":28070,"date":"2024-08-28T05:30:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T09:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=28070"},"modified":"2024-08-28T12:16:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T16:16:48","slug":"album-review-the-raveonettes-the-raveonettes-sing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/28\/album-review-the-raveonettes-the-raveonettes-sing\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The Raveonettes &#8212; The Raveonettes Sing&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28071\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/raveonettes_sing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/raveonettes_sing.jpg 350w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/raveonettes_sing-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/raveonettes_sing-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>As I (and plenty of others before me) have observed before, an artist\u2019s choice of covers can tell you a lot about that artist. Copenhagen duo The Raveonettes (Courtney Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo) have long worn their influences on their sleeve; a marked sweet Everly Brothers vibe coupled with a darkly malevolent Velvet Underground feel &#8212; applied to original material, of course \u2013 has made for some compelling music. As of 2017 the duo had released eight albums, six EPs and a stack of singles; they\u2019ve also contributed to numerous film soundtracks and various-artists compilations.<\/p>\n<p>But only occasionally have The Raveonettes covered other artists. Yet when they did, the results were never less than interesting: John Lennon (\u201cOne Day at a Time\u201d), The Angels (\u201cMy Boyfriend&#8217;s Back\u201d) and The Doors (\u201cThe End\u201d) all got The Raveonettes treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Cleopatra Records has long been known for tribute releases; it was that label\u2019s Doors tribute that featured The Raveonettes\u2019 reading of \u201cThe End.\u201d So a Raveonettes covers album on Cleopatra makes sense. And as is the duo\u2019s wont, the choices of songs ranges from the sublime and obvious to the (if not ridiculous then) slightly unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Love How You Love Me\u201d sounds like the original crossed with The Jesus and Mary Chain, filtered through an episode of <em>Twin Peaks<\/em>. True, that\u2019s what one would expect in this case, right? The garage classic \u201cGoo Goo Muck\u201d is spare and skeletal; solid, but it would have been better with a fuller arrangement. The Lee Hazlewood\/Duane Eddy obscurity \u201cThe Girl on Death Row\u201d seems custom-made for the duo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I Have to Do is Dream\u201d is so glaringly obvious that one almost wishes The Raveonettes had chosen a different Everlys tune. But it\u2019s very good, albeit sounding exactly how you\u2019d think it would. There\u2019s a hazy, lysergic vibe to \u201cWill You Love Me Tomorrow.\u201d The VU\u2019s \u201cVenus in Furs\u201d falls into the too-obvious-by-half category, but one supposed they simply had to do it. (I would have preferred to hear what they\u2019d do with \u201cWho Loves the Sun,\u201d but hey, that\u2019s just me.)<\/p>\n<p>Buddy Holly\u2019s \u201cWishing\u201d is lovely, bending the Texan\u2019s aesthetic to The Raveonettes\u2019 approach. That approach does begin to wear a bit thin here, though, as by this point in the album, you could be told the song title and hear the arrangement in your mind before you\u2019ve, y\u2019know, <i>actually<\/i> heard it.<\/p>\n<p>Gram Parsons\u2019 \u201cReturn of the Grievous Angel\u201d belongs in the didn\u2019t-see-that-coming column. It\u2019s quite well done. There\u2019s nothing wrong with The Raveonettes\u2019 take on Johnny Kidd\u2019s \u201cShakin\u2019 All Over,\u201d but it\u2019s totally bereft of surprises. And someone needs to rescue the duo: from the sound of \u201cLeader of the Pack,\u201d they\u2019ve fallen down a very deep well.<\/p>\n<p>The CD version of <i>The Raveonettes Sing\u2026<\/i> features two tracks not on the streaming releases of the album. The Doors\u2019 \u201cThe End\u201d is the recording done for an EP a decade ago. It\u2019s lovely, substituting the original&#8217;s oedipal menace with a shimmering character that recalls songs on the Paisley Underground <i>Rainy Day<\/i> album. That 2015 EP also included a remake of The Who\u2019s \u201cThe Kids Are Alright,\u201d and it\u2019s here too. It\u2019s nice but unremarkable and \u2013 by this point \u2013 sonically redundant.<\/p>\n<p>In total, there\u2019s nothing at all wrong with <i>The Raveonettes Sing\u2026<\/i> but those familiar with the duo\u2019s signature sound \u2013 one that admittedly doesn\u2019t vary much from song to song \u2013 are unlikely to find anything new here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I (and plenty of others before me) have observed before, an artist\u2019s choice of covers can tell you a lot about that artist. 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