Pe'ahi II

Pe'ahi II
Studio album by
the Raveonettes
Released25 April 2025 (2025-04-25)
GenresShoegaze, 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.

Background

The album's release date was announced on 28th of March 2025 with the release of the single "KILLER". 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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
PopMatters9/10
Indie for Bunnies7.5/10
GaffaStarStarStarStar
Soundvenue [da]StarStarStarStarStar
Benzine MagazineStarStarStarHalf star
Pop Fantasma7.5/10
laut.deStarStarStarStar

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. Kerstin Kratochwill of laut.de notes the album deals with existentialist topics such as life and death, pain and longing. 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." Alison Ross of PopMatters writes that "Pe'ahi II provides an absolutely essential cathartic sensory overload, in that absolutely inimitable Raveonettes way."

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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Dansk duo virker mere i live end nogensinde på første regulære studiealbum i 11 år" (in Danish). April 25, 2025.
  4. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.