Raveonettes

The Raveonettes, once-hailed as part of music's "Next Wave," return to the rock & roll scene with Lust, Lust, Lust their fourth full-length release. In addition to gathering attention in the States, the duo has already achieved relative success in their native Denmark. In 2003, guitarist Sune Rose Wagner and bassist Sharin Foo won the Danish Grammy-equivalent of "Best Album of the Year" for their noise-infested first effort, Whip It On. Moreover, Blender Magazine even named Blondie look-alike Wagner one of "Rock's Hottest Women."

As an album, Lust isn't too different from the band's previous efforts. The 12 tracks of noise are hardly distinguishable, aside from the obvious major/minor key juxtapositions. The opener, "Aly, Walk With Me," is one of the better tracks on the album and is also the longest, rounding out at about five minutes. The remainder are mostly '60s surf-rock throwbacks, lasting around the three-minute mark and overrun by background noise.

The listener will definitely experience a strong sensation of deja vu after hearing "Hallucinations," "Dead Sound" and "Black Satin," tracks that blur together thanks to Wagner's lethargic vocals and a gross abuse of feedback. "You Want The Candy" is a laughable, cliched analogy on love with lyrics as bad as the name suggests.

It's been several years since the Raveonettes recorded their first two albums, each composed of songs performed in a single key (B flat major and B flat minor, respectively). Technically, the material on Lust was not subjected to such musical restrictions, but the 'Nettes don't do much to make the listener think otherwise.