Raveonettes - Chain Gang Of Love

by Anthony Strutt

published: 4 / 9 / 2003

Label: Select Label
Format: CD

intro

Cult movie inspired second album from Denmark's the Raveonettes, which, while still heavy in feedback, proves to be "a far sweeter affair" than their debut 'Whip It On' '

The Raveonettes return with the follow up to my favourite record of all time, their ' Whip it On' mini album which was released in February. 'Chain Gang of Love' , which lasts just over 33 minutes and has 13 songs on it, is a far sweeter affair than 'Whip It On'. It took me a good few plays to get it but , while 'Whip it On' is the Raveonettes 'Psychocandy', 'Chain Gang of Love' is their 'Darklands'. Both records are influenced by 50"s B movies, but while 'Whip it On' was creature features influenced, 'Chain Gang of Love' is influenced by the other side of Roger Corman"s work, and confused 50's teenagers, rebel couples,leather jackets, and cool motorbike gangs. While it is heavy in feedback, this feedback, unlike 'Whip It On, is very restrained. This may, as a result, find the band a new audience. 'Chain Gang of Love' is just as good an album as 'Whip it On', but is very different. Aas well as 'Darklands' era Jesus and Mary Chain, it is also reminscent of the early Velvets, early Primal Scream and even the Primitives, and is very 50s rock n roll. It is one cool CD. You bet !

Track Listing:-

1 Remember
2 That Great Love Sound
3 Noisy Summer
4 The Love Gang
5 Let's Rave On
6 Dirty Eyes (Sex Don't Sell)
7 Love Can Destroy Everything
8 Heartbreak Stroll
9 Little Animal
10 Untames Girls
11 Chain Gang Of Love
12 The Truth About Johnny
13 New York Was Great

Band Links:-

http://www.theraveonettes.com/
https://www.facebook.com/theraveonettes
https://twitter.com/theraveonettes
https://plus.google.com/+theraveonettes
https://www.youtube.com/user/theraveonettes
https://www.songkick.com/artists/412456-raveonettes

interviews

Interview (2009)

In our third interview with 50s-influenced Danish garage rock group the Raveonettes, Anthony Strutt speaks to Sune Rose Wagner, the group's guitarist and singer, about their recently released fifth album, 'In and Out of Control'

Interview (2005)

Interview (2003)

live reviews

Raveonettes

Marie Hazelwood photographs Danish garage rock duo the Raveonettes at a gig at Erics in Liverpool

Rough Trade East, London, 6/10/2009

Astoria, London, 6/2/2004

London Astoria, 6/2/3003

features

Whip It On (2003)

After profiling the original version of the Raveonettes 'Whip it On' last month which came out on Crunchy Frog , Anthony Strutt now looks at the new version of the album which has been released on Columbia, and concludes that it is even better

Whip It Up (2003)

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