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9.1
25002
9.1 |
A.V. Club
A reminder of what it was like to hear The Raveonettes’ gloomy romanticism and bottomless echo for the first time
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8.0
25537
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A belter of an album when least expected
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8.0
25725
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
Just nine songs this time, barely more than half an hour but give me unfailing excellence over shoddy, pile-it-high trickery any day of the week
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7.0
25612
7.0 |
BBC
Raven in the Grave lacks sufficient diversity across its nine tracks to really stand as a new dawn for its makers
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7.0
25658
7.0 |
PopMatters
Raven In The Grave‘s dark heart is cut from ‘50s and ‘60s cloth
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7.0
24757
7.0 |
Prefix
Bleariness and monochrome sexual appeal are more popular than they were when The Raveonettes first broke, so you wonder how they’d be received had this been their first record, not their fifth
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7.0
24152
7.0 |
Spin
The duo's morbid Psychocandy métier gets a slight makeover on their fifth album
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7.0
25366
7.0 |
DIY
The twangy surf rock of their previous releases is almost entirely absent, instead replaced by something altogether more (whisper it) gothic
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6.0
24610
6.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
The Raveonettes proclaim this to be their winter album, but the schlock surf twang will sound as good with sand between your toes
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6.0
24669
6.0 |
NME
Hazy, dark Cure-ish dreampop with a Lynchian vibe
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6.0
25099
6.0 |
musicOMH
A hit-and-miss listen that, at points are breathtaking, but more often than not it falls closer to mind-numbing
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6.0
25250
6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
The songs often lack the soundtrack-y emotional wallop that older albums relied on
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6.0
25572
6.0 |
Q
Compelling stuff. Print edition only
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6.0
25593
6.0 |
Uncut
They tinker with the formula slightly, shedding the surf drums and adding washes of synth. Print edition only
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5.7
24783
5.7 |
Pitchfork
There are spots where light shines in. Three songs, in fact, are among the strongest the Raveonettes have recorded
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5.0
25825
5.0 |
Rolling Stone
The sound feels tired, with bleak tunes like "Evil Seeds" getting lost in a fog of distortion
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5.0
26863
5.0 |
Rolling Stone
Their sound seems more routine than ever
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4.4
26871
4.4 |
Beats Per Minute
The sound that The Raveonettes have built a career on is beginning to wear from repetitive strain, and it’s rearing its head in an ugly way. Raven in the Grave isn’t significantly weaker than any of it’s predecessors, it’s flaws are just significantly more obvious
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3.0
24516
3.0 |
Slant Magazine
Almost entirely a misfire
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