Good Weather For Airstrikes

It’s a really exciting time at Frenchkiss Records, what with the new Les Savy Fav record getting ridiculously good reviews and the band touring solidly outside NYC for the first time in years. But before they skip town they’re rocking a few more venues around the city, and I had the pleasure of catching them at the Music Hall of Williamsburg last Friday. And… they were AWESOME. There were costumes, streamers, confetti and cameos by SNL star Fred Armisen and even Bunny. Remarkably, I’d only seen them twice before, but this was by far the best show I’ve seen of their to date. Maybe it was because half their set was comprised of material off the new album (which I really fucking love, by the way), or maybe it was because I moshed harder and longer than I have since, like, 10th grade. Whatever the reason, it was not a show to be forgotten and has me even more excited than I ever thought possible for their Randall’s Island show on the 6th of October with Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem.

MP3: “The Sweat Descends” - Les Savy Fav ((highly recommended))

The new album, Let’s Stay Friends, dropped last Tuesday and it’s all kinds of excellent, a severely pleasant surprise considering there was a time not too long ago when it looked like this record might not come to fruition. Singles “Patty Lee” and “What Would Wolves Do?” are two of the band’s catchiest tracks ever, the latter standing out as my favorite song on the album, no contest. A few tracks - including “Wolves” - employ drum machines on the record, allowing the band to access a new, more danceable sound than on previous recordings that adds a whole new dimension to their sound. Sadly those tracks were forsaken in the live setting because, as Syd explained to me before the show, they haven’t quite figured out how to play them with an actual living drummer yet. But burners like “The Equestrian” and “Raging In The Plague Age” more than made up for it, the latter straight killing it as one of the most bad-ass tracks I’ve ever heard in a live setting. So yeah, see this band while you still can; Les Savy Fav are touring less and less these days, and you wouldn’t want to miss your chance to see one of the best live bands in history do their thing in their while they’re still in their prime. There’s still about 8,000 tickets available for the Randall’s Island show on the 6th and I can assure you it’ll be absolutely ABSURD, so get on it, will you? Oh and buy the record. Thanks.

MP3s:
“What Would Wolves Do?” - Les Savy Fav ((highly recommended))
“Raging In The Plague Age” - Les Savy Fav

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