New Raveonettes Video - "Last Dance"
I've already mentioned this, but it bears repeating: The Raveonettes fourth album In And Out Of Control taps a J&MC/Phil Spector/Distortion hybrid, but it's Stephin Merritt I think of most because of the cheekily dark lyrics in "Suicide," "Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)," and this one, "Last Dance." The video for the sock-hopper was directed by Matthew Lessner, who also did Dirty Projectors "Stillness Is The Move." It features the happiest couple alive licking ice cream, fake surfing, riding a motorcycle through a tunnel, and feeding pizza to seagulls. Toward the end of the clip Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo even show up to harmonize to a little bird Disney-style. That said, you also get singing crow, which may very well be a "Heart Shaped Box" nod trying to temper the smiles a tad.
In And Out Of Control is out 10/6 via Vice.
Posted at 4:27 PM by brandon in Video
Tags: The Raveonettes
Bleeping out "overdose" and "addiction"? Really? Personally I'd want kids to hear "everytime you overdose I ruse to intensive care". Personally that should get the drugs=bad things out to your kids. Or at least doing too many drugs.
Anyways, enjoyable video. Glad to see Sune and Sharin show up at the end. Great song, very solid album.
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Always a fun group. Glad I got the chance to see them but Sharin is a bit shy.
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first off i wanna say this is the best pop song of the year so far.
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He could've just slipped her some GHB. I suspect that's something Sune has experience with.
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