The Flavorwire Interview with Sune Rose Wagner of the Ravonettes
by Ernie on 16/07/09 at 11:01 am
From Flavorwire. Click here to read the full interview.
Since breaking on to the scene in 2001 at Denmark’s SPOT Festival, the Raveonettes have hooked fans with a haunting sound that blends modern sensibilities with vintage garage rock. Rolling Stone editor David Fricke is the fairy godmother in their indie rock Cinderella story: A stunning review of their festival debut brought record deals and now, three albums later, Sune Rose Wagner [guitar, instruments, vocals] and Sharin Foo [bass, guitar and vocals] are prepping for their upcoming October release, In and Out of Control. We hopped on the phone with Wagner, who was fresh from the studio in Copenhagen, about the band’s latest efforts.
Flavorpill: Why go back to Copenhagen to record?
Sune Rose Wagner: There is an old friend here, a Danish guy named Thomas Troelsen. He has a studio here.
FP: Is there an advantage to going home, to be near friends or less [sic] distractions?
SRW: I don’t think it’s an advantage. I really didn’t want to come back to Copenhagen. I would much rather record in New York or L.A. or Paris or London. But his studio is here, so we didn’t have a choice.
FP: How’s the writing going?
SRW: It’s good. We are recording and it’s coming along. We have a strict deadline. It’s definitely the record we’ve spent the most time on. It’s going to be quite interesting. It’s the most varied album with a lot of elements on it. It’s quite exciting. I’m liking it. We don’t have any songs yet, but what we do have so far is magnificent.
FP: Any different instrumentation or production?
SRW: The biggest difference is we went into the studio with finished songs and without any demos. We started from scratch. We have no idea what it’s going to sound like, no idea what the instrumentation is going to be. Just taking it day by day to see what we feel like. And letting it grow. We don’t even know the songs. I couldn’t even sing one for you. It’s quite a different way of doing things.
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