A very strange thing happened on Sunday afternoon happened when The Raveonettes took the stage. Not only did those gigantic dragonflies make a matinee appearance, swirling over the heads of sweat-drenched patrons and frightening the small ones, but also as the band began to perform, a surplus of sexuality spilled into the crowd. Perhaps it was the two-piece Raveonettes (consisting of Danish guitarists Sune Rose Wagne and Sharin Foo) transformed into a magnetic five-piece, complete with a minimalist drummer simply banging upon a stand-alone tom and snare. Perhaps it was the tension of a weekend spent watching gorgeous patrons, both vivaciously female and chiseled male, fondle and eye-fuck each other until someone went numb and blind.

But within the first ten minutes of The Raveonettes grizzled, lo-fi, guitar-based electronic rock, that bikini-wearing blonde standing to our left and that drunk dude standing to our right began to look rather fresh and fancy. Can you blame us? From performing some of our favorite cuts off of Lust Lust Lust and unveiling some of the darkest pop numbers we’ve ever heard from the upcoming In And Out Of Control due on October 6 via Vice Records, our dancing shoes had truly become vessels to shuffle through the crowd and spot some pretty prey. By the time the gorgeous Sharin Foo announced the band’s last song, our mission was somewhat complete — we managed to make out with a brunette cutie from Idaho (some dry humping was involved) and snag a number from a Chicago native blonde. Will we call next time we roll through town? Sure, she seemed nice… but we know without a doubt what record will become a get down mainstay on record player regardless.

Words by Ryan Patrick Hooper, photos by Dustin Downing