Sir Lord Von Raven

Sir Lord Von Raven

Please Throw Me Back In The Ocean

Happy Parts

***“The rock 'n' roll rave-ups and in-the-red rawness of the SIR LORD VON RAVENS’ new Please Throw Me Back in the Ocean tap into a whole 'nother brand: screw-it-all naughty snotty. ‘Maybe I'll jump in the river /Maybe I'll cut out my liver ... I'm tryin' /I keep on tryin',’ sneers frontman ERIC VON RAVENSON, once of the TIME FLYS, on ‘I Keep on Tryin'.’ Recorded by indispensable organ and guitar pinch-hitter GREG ASHLEY, with producer JAY BRONZINI on drums, Please Throw Me slices the cheesiness thickly, with a sense of cut-and-run fun. It's throwback—hence a cover version of Fats Domino's ‘I'm Ready’—but not necessarily throwaway. I like a band unafraid to pay tribute to its true, unlovely loves, but I prefer originals like ‘Take It or Leave It,’ ‘Spit on Your Grave,’ and ‘PC Action,’ the latter two of which intentionally subvert the garage rock, allowing glitter to seep in.”—Kimberly Chun (SF Bay Guardian)