LUST LUST LUST - THE RAVEONETTES
If the Raveonettes surprised us with the sunny pop sheen of 2005’s “Pretty in Black,” they deliver an even more jarring turn on “Lust Lust Lust.” Any artifice of mainstream confection is stripped away, replaced by a fuzzy, lo-fi minimalism that uses reverb and sustain to create a deceptively lush sonic tapestry. “Aly, Walk With Me” mixes Velvet Underground dryness with a deep, urban groove to spooky effect; in this sonic context, an invitation to “walk with me in my dreams/All through the night” sounds as nightmarish as it does romantic. The album may consign the Raveonettes to cult status, but like a challenging mate, it seduces us into coming back for more.
