The Raveonettes Premiere Vivid New Video For "Heart Of Stone" on VEVO

Last year’s In & Out Of Control [Vice Music] found The Raveonettes pulling together all of the disparate sounds they’ve mastered over their decade-spanning career. From bubblegum pop and sinister noir rock, to fuzzed out noise and throbbing dance music, Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo compiled it all on their fourth LP. But despite the album’s nomadic heart, the Raves’ true sweet spot has always been the ringing, reverbed guitars and slicked back melodies that make album standout “Heart of Stone” such a pleaser. Picking up where they left off on 2008’s “Black / White” collaboration, the band recently reunited with Blind to create a video deserving of the track.

This morning, on the strength of the brilliant new animated clip, The Raveonettes elbowed their way onto the VEVO homepage, right next to big budget fare from major label artists. One look at the clip and it’s easy to tell why. Dark and surreal, the Chris Do-helmed video depicts an intricate steampunk world which serves as the backdrop for the song’s tale of love and loss. From the director: “A man's unexpressed agony at the loss of his lover incites a chain reaction of inner chaos and turmoil that a female character, the representation of his inner self, unsuccessfully attempts to quell. His broken heart is turned to stone.

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