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Let's Stay Friends
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0675640912329
Label: French Kiss
Manufacturer: French Kiss
MPN: 31
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: French Kiss
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Studio: French Kiss
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Editorial Review:
If there is such a thing as the "subtle anthem," then Les Savy Fav has perfected an intelligent, full-flail version of the art on Let's Stay Friends, their first wholly new album in six years. The delay was due to a massive case of writer's block, but you'd not guess it by the riches here. The way LSS mixes together so many elements of energetic alt-rock sounds from the 1990s continues to startle, and to evolve. Echoes of detuned, angular, post-punk firebrands such as Fugazi, the Ex, and Jawbox float about on most songs. But the group has clearly expanded its horizons and interests on this album, which features horns, dub elements, and stabbing vocal accompaniment by Eleanor Friedberger (the Fiery Furnaces). The cute, acoustic strum-heavy "Comes and Goes" has something of the hyper-literate anorak-indie sheen of the Wedding Present to it, while the heady "Brace Yourself" simmers and swaggers like a great, soulful Afghan Whigs number. A couple other songs sound like Spoon in their get-this-party-started phase. Needless to say, with the acute songwriting skills and croon-shouting of Tim Harrington, the group doesn't sound like anyone but themselves. Harrington's a great stylist, a true smarty-pants. Intense word play mixes with jokes that reveal themselves to be heavy truths, making Let's Stay Friends a contender for Les Savy Fav's best album yet. --Mike McGonigal
Since forming in 1994, Les Savy Fav has grown into a band considered among the godfathers of the independent rock music scene, releasing three albums and a singles compilation that resulted in sales of over 1000,000 copies worldwide. Their constant success can be attributed to the overseeing of every aspect of their music including the release of it.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Cold hearted optimism
The title of this review comes from an interview I read last year with LSF's Tim Harrington. The passage from the interview goes:
"An area of interest for me lyrically," he (Tim) explains, "is to be able to address whatever the harshest and most negative elements are in life and society and defy that, not with a pie-eyed optimism, but with a really cold-hearted optimism. Don't expect the world to change. Change yourself. Change your perception of it."
This idea comes ... Read More
Rating: - get it!
I saw them on Conan one night and even though the singer was a bit flamboyant for my taste I really liked the song they played, patty lee. So I thought I'd check them out and I really like the cd, it stays consistently good all the way through. So I suggest picking it up.
Rating:  - Don't Front
You need to buy this b.c you need to live like Tim lives and support Tim. If you don't know what I mean, just get the album then see. I am just one of many dedicated fans.
Rating:  - Jumpy post-punk?
This is my first exposure to Les Savy Fav, and I will write this for the curious but uninitiated...
Read through what others have written, and get an idea. In the end, though, one can only come at new music from one's own frame of reference (f.o.r.), and mine was throwing up the following upon listening to "Let's Stay Friends": Modest Mouse, the Clash (both the punk and the dub sides) and the Pixies melding together, with a delay-happy lead guitar reminiscent of the Edge or even (I couldn't ... Read More
Rating: - do not feed after midnight!
Some time passes between LSF records. The "Inches" collection brought many into the fold, an incendiary collection of deft wordplay and confectionary angularity. "Go Forth" slicked up the production and gave weight to Fugazi/Pixies comparisons via some dubbish basslines and dizzily dissonant guitars. After a lengthy hiatus that would stiffen and starch the sound of many a lesser band, LSF returns with "Let's Stay Friends," nearly as bracing as the four-on-the-floor "Inches" but with some of the melodic ... Read More
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