Pe'ahi II

Pe'ahi II
Studio album by
the Raveonettes
Released25 April 2025 (2025-04-25)
GenreShoegaze, noise pop, post-punk revival, surf rock
Length31:10
LabelBeat Dies Records
ProducerSune Rose Wagner
The Raveonettes chronology
The Raveonettes Sing...
(2024) 		Pe'ahi II
(2025)
Singles from Pe'ahi II
  1. "Blackest"
    Released: 28 February 2025
  2. "Killer"
    Released: 28 March 2025

Pe'ahi II is the tenth studio album by Danish indie rock duo the Raveonettes, released on 25 April 2025. It was recorded in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Copenhagen.[1][2][3][4]

Background

The album's release date was announced on 28th of March 2025 with the release of the single "KILLER".[5] The release was promoted with the tour across USA, Europe and Asia, tied to the celebratation of 20 years of their second studio album, Pretty In Black.[4][6][7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
PopMatters9/10[8]
Indie for Bunnies7.5/10[9]
Gaffa[10]
Soundvenue[3]
Benzine Magazine[11]
Pop Fantasma7.5/10[12]
laut.de[13]

Live Nation Denmark states that the album continues the thematic thread of the band's 2014 album Pe'ahi, which explores themes of life's fragility, death, longing, and vulnerability.[1] Kerstin Kratochwill of laut.de notes the album deals with existentialist topics such as life and death, pain and longing.[13] Control Club writes that " The Raveonettes’ tenth studio album delivers an anti-narrative in which wounds continue to echo, quieter and deeper with time," describing it not as "a record about what happened, but about what lingers."[14] Alison Ross of PopMatters writes that "Pe'ahi II provides an absolutely essential cathartic sensory overload, in that absolutely inimitable Raveonettes way."[8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Strange"5:03
2."Blackest"3:32
3."Dissonant"3:51
4."Killer"5:47
5."Lucifer"3:48
6."Speed"3:22
7."Sunday School"2:49
8."Ulrikke"2:56

References

  1. ^ a b "The Raveonettes – Live Nation Denmark" (in Danish). Live Nation Denmark. Archived from the original on 2025-03-18. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
  2. ^ Cox, Jamieson. "The Raveonettes: Pe'ahi". Pitchfork.
  3. ^ a b "Dansk duo virker mere i live end nogensinde på første regulære studiealbum i 11 år" (in Danish). April 25, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Pearis, Bill (25 April 2025). "Listen to The Raveonettes' first album of original songs in 11 years". Brooklyn Vegan. Archived from the original on 2025-04-25. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  5. ^ "The Raveonettes – Album release announcement". Facebook.
  6. ^ "The Raveonettes – Tour announcement". Facebook.
  7. ^ Chelosky, Danielle (27 March 2025). "The Raveonettes – "Killer"". Stereogum.
  8. ^ a b Ross, Alisson. "The Raveonettes Surf the Rave in Their Brilliant Return". PopMatters.
  9. ^ Natale, Valentina (12 May 2025). "The Raveonettes Pe'ahi II". Indie for Bunnies (in Italian). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  10. ^ Nøddeskov, Jesper (28 April 2025). "The Raveonettes vender vitalt tilbage med opfølgeren til Pe'ahi – ti år forsinket". Gaffa (in Danish). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  11. ^ Debarnot, Eric (7 May 2025). "The Raveonettes – PE'AHI II: sombre surf…". Benzine Magazine (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  12. ^ Schott, Ricardo (18 June 2025). "Ouvimos: Raveonettes – "PE'AHI II"". Pop Fantasma (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  13. ^ a b Kratochwill, Kerstin. "Ihr Signature-Sound aus 60s-Pop und Shoegaze reißt immer noch mit". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  14. ^ "Album Review: The Raveonettes – Pe'ahi II (Beat Dies Records)". Control Club. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
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