As a musician, I've always loved math rock, and this is one of the better math rock albums I've heard. No instrument serves as just the background, nothing is simple. There's a balance between foundation and focus, with each instrument taking a turn at being the other. The album is fully of spastic, crazy melodies, intricate clean guitar picking, thumping drums, and driving bass. Honestly, the rhythm section is just as impressive as the lead parts on this album, it's just incredible from a composition standpoint. It rewards a deep listen, and it rewards a casual listen, as it's not entire inaccessible, but however you listen to it, you'll enjoy it. _________________ Progressive Rock
This album is a bit deceiving. It's relatively recognizable as a Raveonettes album, they do that Jesus & Mary Chain fuzz sound, though this is still distinguishable from their other works in sound, it's not as clean as Pretty In Black, nor is it as raw as their debut, it's somewhere in between with a very noticeable pop feel. But just because the guitars are loud, the songs are upbeat, and the melodies are catchy, doesn't mean this is a feel-good album. On the contrary, it deals with rape, death, addiction, and heartbreak, among other things, and it's well-written too. Very well-written actually. "Gone Forever" is an exceptionally moving song about dealing with losing someone close to you, and "Last Dance" deals with being close to someone suffering from addiction. It's a powerful, moving, easily accessible, and nearly flawless album. _________________ Progressive Rock
Are you listening to albums from my top 100 now or something? But yeah, that's my favorite Raveonettes and for good reason. Here's what I personally wrote up for it awhile back:
"The Raveonettes are probably my favorite band of the 21st century. In the past they’ve been likened to a weird hodgepodge of Phil Spector’s immaculate productions during the precious 1960’s, the noise pop sensibilities of The Jesus and the Mary Chain as well as Swervedriver, the pessimistic revolt of the Velvet Underground, and that only begins the laundry list—all of these comparisons? They are on point. With “In and Out of Control” we have a record that fully realizes what the Raveonettes could be beyond the rougher production and concepts of their records prior. The most amazing thing about this record and the band as a whole is for the simple fact they make all of these influences come together cohesively at all, but they do and consistently so. The close harmony vocals placed in front of staunch reverb alongside lyrics that allude to the dark tones of the record that actually catch you off guard on your initial listen as they speak of such somber subject matter; in a way it’s the ultimate double-take as the sugary sweet vocals speak to you of death, tragedy, abuse, obsession, suicide, and revolt. This is the Raveonettes trademark and it is clear their songwriting has only risen to a new level on this record, a level that is consistent with the succeeding records by my account."
RockyRaccoonIs it solipsistic in here or is it just me?ModeratorProfile Maryland
Are you listening to albums from my top 100 now or something?
Haha sorta kinda. When I need an album to listen to and don't have a 2016 album in my queue, I'll pick a random user, go to their overall and grab an album or two.
Nice writeup by the way! Seems we agree on the album, I loved it. _________________ Progressive Rock
I definitely do. I'd say on average there's at least a few albums a year out of the hundreds I hear that I'd give that distinction. It actually ends up being a small % in the end. 100 records is a tiny number considering just how much music there is in the world. That's few than one album per genre, 1 album per country, etc _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
RockyRaccoonIs it solipsistic in here or is it just me?ModeratorProfile Maryland
I do, and I'm similarly in mecca's camp. I know you're a lot more stringent when it comes to album-rating, and that's totally fine, but yea, there's always a decent handful of albums that I consider 5/5s. My criteria for that is that the album is perfect, not a single bad track, nothing I dislike about the album, something I would come back to many many times. On my 2015 chart, I have nine 5/5 albums.
I danced with the Raveonettes one between a 5/5 and a 4.5/5 (on here a 95, not a 90), and after more though, it might go back to a 95, but it's really really close. _________________ Progressive Rock
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