Rock 'N' Rollmop: The Raveonettes
Jenny Valentish, Inpress, March 2006
QUITE APART from the bitter chill, Denmark's not a happy place to be right now. But this slightly bewildered, historically neutral nation (their coins even have hearts on them for chrissakes), is a world away for The Raveonettes these days anyway. They've defected chiefly to New York and London, while the sound and sweetheart imagery is pure American pie... with a bittersweet tang
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