Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay FriendsFrench Kiss: 9/18/2007
I have to admit I've never followed Les Savy Fav. I didn't like most of Inches, the 2004 retrospective that everyone but me seemed crazy about. However, I'm really getting into Let's Stay Friends. I found Les Savy Fav's earliest singles, appearing near the end of Inches, quite abrasive. The new album strikes a great balance between coarse songs and melodic ones, even switching back and forth within the same song. There's some pretty sweet guitar lines, too, and I'm not usually one to swoon over guitars (Pixies notwithstanding). Let's Stay Friends is such an enjoyable album, from start to end, that I'm now willing to revisit their earlier records with an open mind.
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