As one half of The Raveonettes, Sune Rose Wagner has spent the past seven years offering up noir-ish gutter rock and fuzzed out pop with his bandmate Sharin Foo. This week, however, the Danish-bred songwriter takes his bow as a solo artist with his eponymous debut, ten tracks of vintage Specter-esque sounds and hazy rock n roll. The album comes on the heels of a successful year for the Raveonettes, whose February release Lust Lust Lust has already landed year-end accolades from Paste Magazine, MTV2, and a host of others. Distinctly setting it apart from his output with Foo, Wagner’s solo album is delivered exclusively in his native tongue. But, don’t fret, Danish is a beautiful language, complimenting the US transplant’s soothing coo perhaps even better than the English he employs on countless Raveonettes releases. The stand-out here is the blissful “Beruset of Forhadt”,
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Sune Rose Wagner Tracklisting:
01 Hvad Der Sker
02 Et Underfuldt Liv
03 Afgrunden
04 Altid
05 Tyskerpiger
06 Samme Vej
07 Svinske Mænd
08 Gi’ Mig en Pige
09 Beruset og Forhadt (MP3)
10 Din Mund
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Danish noir-rockers The Raveonettes cap a successful 2008 today with the release of Wishing You A Rave Christmas, the final installment in the band’s digital-only EP series. After months of touring behind their critically-acclaimed third full-length Lust Lust Lust, the duo of Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo announced plans in September to finish out the year with a string of four EPs. The initial installment was loaded with remixes courtesy of Trentemøller, Nic Endo and 80KIDZ and offered for free at Vice Records, followed by the electronically indulgent Sometimes They Drop By and the vintage Raves sound of Beauty Dies. The series concludes this week with the Holiday short-player, Wishing You A Rave Christmas, featuring the band’s mesmerizing take on Phil Spector classic “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”. What’s more, with their purchase, Amazon.com patrons get an exclusive version of the EP featuring “Forever In Your Arms,” a B-side from Lust Lust Lust, which is currently raking in the year-end accolades, with Paste placing the album in its Top 25, and MTV Subterranean giving both “Aly, Walk With Me” and “Dead Sound” nods on their best videos of 2008 list. Wishing You A Rave Christmas is streaming in its entirety on AOL Spinner all week.
Listen To The Raveonettes - Wishing You A Rave Christmas [Vice Records]
Tracklisting:
1. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
2. Come On Santa
3. Christmas Ghosts
4. Christmas In Cleveland
Raveonettes Tour Dates:
01-15 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club (TIX)
01-16 New York, NY – Webster Hall (TIX)
01-17 Washington, DC – Black Cat (TIX)
01-23 San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club (TIX)
01-24 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theatre (TIX)
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Vice Music is ecstatic to announce their newest signing, The Raveonettes. With three critically acclaimed releases under their belt and over 170,000 records sold in the US, the Danish rock duo will release Lust Lust Lust in early 2008, with a US tour to follow.
The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo met in Copenhagen in 2001 and recorded their first EP, Whip it On. Soon after, Rolling Stone’s David Fricke discovered them at Denmark’s SPOT festival and his high praise gained the attention of major labels and magazines. Chain Gang of Love, the band’s first full-length record, was released in 2003 and the follow up, Pretty in Black, in 2005.
The Raveonettes are recognized and praised for their signature blend of two part harmonies, lo-fi garage sound and 60s noir aesthetic. Comparisons have been drawn to everyone from the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Velvet Underground and Suicide to Buddy Holly, the Shangri-Las and Ronnie Spektor. In 2003, the Raveonettes’ won a Danish Music Award when Whip It On was named “Best Album of the Year”.
Press On The Raveonettes:
“Rock & roll’s past is a living thing to singer-songwriter-guitarist Sune Rose Wagner. There was no mistaking his precise study and modern love of Buddy Holly balladry and the malt-shop noir of the Shangri-Las inside the hard rains of distortion on this Danish band’s first two records….Wagner’s vocal interplay with Sharin Foo — a dazzling spin on girl-group coo and the Gregorian-country blend of the Everly Brothers…” - ROLLING STONE
“As easily taken for a salute to ’60s transistor-radio pop as for Jesus and Mary Chain worship” - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“Just as their previous fetish for deep distortion and a limited set of chords did, pink-hued noir here can prove to be something of an acquired taste. However, it never sinks into unintentional parody, earning it the acclaim of sounding like nothing else currently out there.” - NME
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