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Artist: Les Savy Fav
Album: Root For Ruin
Label: French Kiss
Playtime: 39:12 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.frenchkissrecords.com
Rip date: 2010-09-10
Street date: 2010-09-14
Size: 57.49 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 194 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Since their emergence from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1996, Les
Savy Fav have been building a passionate following among musicians, fans, and
critics the old fashioned way: by earning it. In a world where technologies
speed new music to listeners and enable young bands instant access to
limitless audience, Les Savy Fav is among an increasingly rare breed of band
who built their audience city by city and fan by fan. The approach has
yielded something even more rare: a fully seasoned band at the peak of their
skill that has not been blown out by hype and overexposure. The band's 2007
release, Let's Stay Friends, was their first to achieve substantial press
response and found it's place in many lists of top albums for the year. With
their new release, Root For Ruin, Les Savy Fav seems poised for the kind of
widespread acclaim many have felt they have long deserved.
The new album is called Root For Ruin for several reasons. Here's one: it
sifts through 15 years of musical experience to arrive at a diamond-edged
sound that's as upfront and direct as the quintet's legendary live shows.
That goes for everything from the gut-punching percussion and drunken punk
subtleties of "Clear Spirits" to the moonlit melodies and restless, groove of
"Sleepless in Silverlake". "Poltergeist", cut in one take at the band's
rehearsal space, features a downward spiral vibe that's both delirious and
delightful. Root For Ruin keeps you on your toes through 11 tracks.
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01. Appetites ( 3:33)
02. Dirty Knails ( 3:06)
03. Sleepless in Silverlake ( 3:41)
04. Let's Get Out of Here ( 3:33)
05. Lips N' Stuff ( 3:48)
06. Poltergeist ( 3:42)
07. High And Unhinged ( 3:54)
08. Excess Energies ( 3:03)
09. Dear Crutches ( 4:13)
10. Calm Down ( 2:46)
11. Clear Spirits ( 3:53)
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