{"id":11873,"date":"2012-10-24T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T11:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=11873"},"modified":"2012-10-24T11:36:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T11:36:40","slug":"the-raveonettes-turning-ten-with-a-new-album-observator-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/10\/24\/the-raveonettes-turning-ten-with-a-new-album-observator-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"THE RAVEONETTES: Turning ten with a new album"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been nearing a decade since Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo released their debut album Chain Gang Of Love, which stormed the music scene with its scuzzy two-part vocal harmonies and dirty 60s guitar riffs. With their new UK tour on the cards, we caught up with the band to talk about 10 years in the game and their new album, Observator.<\/p>\n

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It’s been almost ten years since Chain Gang Of Love. How have you evolved as a duo during that time?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s hard to say but I’m sure we have\u2026 People move on in life in various directions but our love of the music has never faded one bit.<\/p>\n

Did you guys have a strict idea of the direction that you wanted to head in at the start?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No. All our albums are quite different from each other and so is the imagery and stuff. We’re just presenting ourselves we feel in the moment, not much thought is put behind it. We like to be in control of everything we do though regarding merchandise, album covers and all of our videos.<\/p>\n

How did you initially meet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through mutual friends in Copenhagen. I’d just come back from LA where I had written most of what was to become our first album and Sharin was fresh out of school so we hooked up.<\/p>\n

Your earlier records had a very experimental sound. Were you concerned at taking risks so early on into your careers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not at all. You need to take risks. It’s what makes life more fun. We always did music to please ourselves and then when people started liking it, we were quite ecstatic and thrilled.<\/p>\n