The Raveonettes - War in Heaven

The Raveonettes are a Danish indie rock duo, consisting of Sune Rose Wagner (born 1973) on guitar, instruments, and vocals, and Sharin Foo (born 12 December 1979) on bass, guitar and vocals. Combining the noisy swells of the Jesus and Mary Chain with melodic elements of '50s rock & roll, the Raveonettes formed in Copenhagen during the early 2000s.

Their songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of '50s and '60s rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats, and often dark lyrical content (e.g., crime, drugs, murder, suicide, love, lust, and betrayal), similar to another of the band's influences, The Velvet Underground.

Their first EP,released in 2002, was a fuzzy, dark, cinematic set of songs entitled "Whip It On", which fused classic garage rumblings with frenzied electronic bits
"The Chain Gang of Love" appeared in September 2003. The first single from the album, "That Great Love Sound," became a minor hit, due in part to a creepy video featuring Foo and Wagner dreaming up ways to kill each other.

Sessions for their next album began in late 2004, and Wagner cast aside all songwriting and recording rules (as well as guitar distortion) in favor of classic songcraft and lots of rich, lush reverb. The resulting album, 2005's "Pretty in Black", featured guest spots from Suicide's Martin Rev, Ronnie Spector, and the Velvet Underground's Moe Tucker.

In early 2008, the band returned to a minimalist sound with Lust Lust Lust, followed one year later by "In and Out of Control".

The band's fifth studio album, "Raven in the Grave", is set for release in April of 2011. "War in Heaven" comes from this album. With widescreen static, breathy vocals and dangerous guitars, the Danes have spat out the bubblegum pop and are tearing into horizon-filling rock.