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Look! Up on the stage! Is it a pair of escaped Calvin Klein models? Is it the Jesus and Mary Chain? No, it's the Raveonettes! Wait, is it the Raveonettes??

Well, sort of. Determined to take it to the road this spring and summer despite the fact that female half Sharin Foo, very much with child, is in no condition to tour, the Raveonettes have settled on a unique solution: recruiting Sharin's sister Louise "Loui" Foo to stand in for the singer/bassist/guitarist at their upcoming live engagements.

Louise Foo certainly has the credentials. Not only does she share genetic material with an actual member of the Raveonettes, but she's also long been involved with the music scene in the band's native Copenhagen, and she even directed that creepy-ass stop-motion clip for their "Aly, Walk With Me". Hell, if the Ohmarymary art collective co-founder hits the stage donning that mask she's crafted up there, fans will never know the difference.

The not-quite-Raveonettes' travels begin this weekend in Denmark and include festival stops here and there around Europe, plus one lone U.S. gig. Lust Lust Lust is out now now now on Fierce Panda and Vice, and the 'ettes are presently working up a trio of EPs.

Act a Foo:

05-31 Jelling, Denmark - Jelling Festival
06-05 Skive, Denmark - Skive Beach Party
06-21 Pasadena, CA - Make Music Pasadena
07-02 Belgrade, Serbia - Green Fest
07-03 Bilbao, Spain - Bilbao BBK Live Festival
07-04 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-18 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase Festival
07-19 Madrid, Spain - Summercase Festival
07-20 Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
07-23 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival