Driftwood favorites, The Raveonettes, dropped a brand new album (surprise!), Pe'ahi, yesterday on a mostly unsuspecting public (although we had known it was coming thanks to The Raves' Sharin Foo when we interviewed her last year). Are there any bands more prolific and consistent than The Raveonettes these days? Pe'ahi is fantastic, continuing The Raveonettes' trademark retro fuzzed-out reverb sound but elevating it with more breakbeats, layered guitars and vocals, and rhythmic changes. The melodies and tunes are still there, but it's a sonic leap forward. 'The Rains of May' is "a song for the heartbroken who never prevailed but always looked for times past and always sought nostalgia in the most darkened of settings" according to the band's Sune Rose Wagner. Catch them with us on September 24 when they play the El Rey in LA.
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