Review:

on 2012-09-24 Caressa_Pittman Said:

The Danish Indie Rock duo The Raveonettes, consisting of Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo searched for inspiration coast to coast for their sixth album and found a muse for their first single in New York City. Loan Tran, an accountant who spends her leisure dancing through New York streets caught the attention of the band and served as inspiration to one of the nine songs from their new album Observator.
I was at Madison Square Garden, and during the intermission, people go to the bar and they go talk to their friends. All of a sudden, in the middle of that space was this girl just dancing by herself. It was just such a crazy sight, said Wagner in an interview with NPR Music two days before their album was released.
Tran became the focus for the video She Owns the Street, as well as the ambient-like, fuzzy shoegaze song, where Wagner inquires as to why she is dancing by asking, Is it valium, is it all drugs, or is it just everyday fun?
This album is packed with even more songs that validate The Raveonettes have a gift at observing their surroundings. Besides watching Tran dance on the Bowery Station caps, Wagner and Foo have depicted lifes surprises through imagery in many other songs like Observations in which the dark psychedelic tune illustrated, Visions of young lovers holding hands in joyful rides, wishing they would never be apart.
The Raveonettes do a great job of incorporating the sap factor in songs without making a track sound fully glum. They do this in songs such as You Hit Me (Im Down) and the hazy ballad The Enemy, where Foos innocent soprano combined with the distorted guitar sounds produces an old 80s aura.
Some of the other songs on Observator include the California inspired, good vibes tracks like Sinking with the Sun, and Downtown. Sharin Foo, one of the two Raveonettes lives in the golden state, and while Wagner resides in New York City the two share a long distance dedication to soaking in their environment and continuing to incorporate their bicoastal experiences into their music.

Rating: 7/10