This record took me by surprise for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I didn't know it was coming out. Secondly, it is so so so good. If you aren't familiar with Les Savy Fav they have been one of the best indie/post-punk bands going for quite a while. Their first release since 2007's "Let's Stay Friends", "Root For Ruin" finds Les Savy Fav polishing their chops with an even better LP that demands to be listened to all the way through, every time. "Root For Ruin" opens with a few tracks of throwback Fav, songs that sound like they could have festering unrecorded since early in the band's career. Classic angular guitar work and dynamic composition immmediately reminds long time fans why they are still listening to this band until the record shifts moods with a couple of tracks that would satisfy even the most die-hard Modest Mouse apologists. The rest of "Root For Ruin" continues to up the ante to an appropriate climax in the last few songs that makes me want to start the record over from the start. Not a throw-away track among the bunch, "Root For Ruin" will definitely be one of my favorite records of the year.
For fans of: Q And Not U, Dismemberment Plan, other stuff from that era
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