Pe'ahi (album)

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Pe'ahi
TheRaveonettesPeahi.jpg
Studio album by
Released22 July 2014
Recorded2013–2014
Genre Shoegaze, noise pop, post-punk revival
Length36:14
Label The Beat Dies
Producer The Raveonettes, Justin Meldal-Johnsen
The Raveonettes chronology
Observator
(2012)
Pe'ahi
(2014)
2016 Atomized
(2017)
Singles from Pe'ahi
  1. "Endless Sleeper"
    Released: 31 July 2014
  2. "Killer in the Streets"
    Released: 22 September 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Pe'ahi is the seventh studio album by Danish indie rock duo The Raveonettes, and was released on 22 July 2014. [4] Due to the purposeful lack of promotion or formal announcement of a release date, the album was dubbed a "surprise" release by the band. [5] Pe'ahi received favorable reviews from music critics. [1] The album debuted at number four in their native Denmark, and charted at number 161 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

Contents

Background

After Sune Rose Wagner's father died suddenly in 2013, the band immersed themselves in Southern Californian surf culture. The album was created in early 2014 over four months working 12-hour days and is the first Raveonettes album to include musical elements such as harp, choirs, and staccato. Lyrically the album deals with tense subject matter such as Sune's near drowning in 2008 ("Endless Sleeper"), his difficult relationship with his father ("Kill!"), his father's death ("Summer Ends"), and infidelity ("Wake Me Up" and "A Hell Below"). [6]

The title of the album refers to a popular surfing spot in Maui. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sune Rose Wagner

No.TitleLength
1."Endless Sleeper"2:55
2."Sisters"3:46
3."Killer in the Streets"4:00
4."Wake Me Up"2:41
5."Z-Boys"4:42
6."A Hell Below"3:27
7."The Rains of May"3:48
8."Kill!"3:32
9."When Night Is Almost Done"3:23
10."Summer Ends"4:07

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 169
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [8] 4
US Billboard 200 [9] 161
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10] 36

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Worldwide22 July 2014 CD, digital download, LP record, Deluxe LPThe Beat Dies

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