When the cold gets cozy

'Bang! You're so vicious baby '... is the phrase that signals the start of the In and Out of Control, the fourth album by this Danish duo set has become one of the first options when listening to' pop-rock melancholy cut 'is question.

It's remarkable streak of Lust Lust Lust (Vice Records, 2007) and on days like today, cloudy skies, routine work sessions and a desire to disconnect from everything that happens around you, feel like putting it back on the player.

provengan de las heladas tierras nórdicas, pues suenan bastante fríos… helados por momentos . Based on the theme such as "gone forever", which is less romantic than an encounter between two 'hooligans', it is somewhat logical that the Raveonettes come from the frozen northern lands, it sounds pretty cool ... ice at times.

sean extremadamente meticulosos y fuercen las melodías en exceso: es más una cuestión de gustos musicales que parecieran llevar en la sangre … a ellos les gusta sonar así, crudos y gélidos. Not that Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo are extremely meticulous and force the melodies in excess: it is more a matter of musical tastes that seem to lead in the blood ... they like to sound so raw and icy.

Borrowing some features of classic American women's groups as the Ronettes or the Shangri-Las, their sound was a simple invitation to nostalgia.
In this kind of cross between My Bloody Valentine , hard beats and allusions to the retro movement, the duo has achieved a unique and distinctive sound.

At a time when few seem to look back and be inspired by past decades women's groups, clearly the Raveonettes do not follow the pattern of fashion. Listening to the album is hardly a modern electronic rhythms, only pop songs with a strong retro: thanks to that we involve ourselves in beautiful melodies such as "last dance" for example (the video does not do justice), a faithful follower of that "leader of the pack", played to mid-60s by the Shangri-Las.

saben hacer mejor: melodías entrañables que consiguen maquillar sus letras cargadas de oscuridad . A song can create a whole atmosphere of melancholy and longing for what we did in the past, and which stands as a clear example of what Wagner and Foo do best: getting intimate melodies disguise their lyrics full of darkness.

The latter is what "Who rape boys (should all be Destroyed)" tries but fails to strongly. Something similar happens to "Oh, I buried you today."
And the Raveonettes can become sublime if all the factors that dominate are given at the same time: when one is not present, one can tell.

” o de la ya conocida “ suicide ”. Still, most topics in the In and Out of Control are quite good, whether we speak of the thunderous "break up girls!" Or known as "suicide."

, quien conoce a la perfección la manera de compenetrarse con ella y sabe sostener el ritmo que ésta impone. It is clear that much of the success enjoyed by this duo is due to the 'vocal gifts' of Sharin, but we must not ignore the great work of Sune Rose multi-instrumentalist, who knows perfectly how to empathize with knows it and sustain the pace that it imposes.
”. As evidence of this could include the 'ethereal-spin to My Bloody Valentine's "wine", or soft and mildly danceable "heart of stone."

Despite the title, the Raveonettes never seem out of control on the album ... and this is precisely what keeps the musical stability in most parts of it, which could also be seen as a drawback as it could to make it labeled of 'monotonous'.

In and Out of Control is not a work that stands out for its spontaneity. In some sections may sound too neat and cloying, but this is consistent with what we expect from him.
At this point, The Raveonettes have almost nothing to prove we all know that when it comes to compositions endowed with a harrowing cold, they say this.

If today are looking for an album that sounds loudly aggressive and serve as a vehicle for downloading all that repressed anger in all of us, needless to say will not find it here.
The In and Out of Control does not reinvent the formula that we know of this duo ... but with pop melodies that includes, should not become a creditor of many negative comments.

César Pinto, NadaBueno.com