Les Savy Fav - Inches Bonus Dvd (18 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Stargrazer | deep in the heart of Michigan | 06/02/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Yes, this is what I've been waiting for: intelligent, slightly abstract, "punk" influenced, barn-burning, jaw-dropping rock and roll. Tim Harrington can sure turn a phrase. The DVD is more comical than essential, but the CD is transcendental."

Give it a second try, or a third.

Matthew D. Ferguson | Albany, NY | 03/01/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is great; I'll just start off by saying that. However, you may not think so at first. For those of you who like to listen to everything, this band might come off as a bit random or "weird" at first listen, but I promise, it'll become more and more familiar every time you listen to it. It's almost like the brain isn't ready for it the first few times, but it adapts and begins to understand its subtle elegances.

I started out just liking a song or two, but recently I've come to love all of them. I hope you can give this band a chance, it'll be well worth it."

Come now.

superchris | MD | 02/05/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I think that the person who gave five stars to Chris Isaak's Christmas album is right. Les Savy Fav is just another band that jumped on the recent new-wave revival bandwagon. Except they were so bad that they needed to get a head start, so they jumped on this bandwagon way back in 1996. The bandwagon was just an unassembled pile of lumber at this point and all of the members of Les Savy Fav got splinters in their feet. Some guy in a band twenty-five years ago got a splinter stuck in his hand. Lars Sarvy Fav be a bunch of copycat frauds!

For real, Les Savy Fav is a very fun band. They write consistently good songs and I encourage you to give them a listen. They are genuine, talented and intelligent men who throw a splendid party at their live shows. One time, I put "Inches" in my portable CD player and its sheer intensity gave me the power to ride my bike thirty miles to my grandmother's house in the city. Sweat Descends is my favorite song."

Excellent

Awesome | 09/01/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In my own opinion, this is Les Savy Fav's highest quality release. This compilation contains LSF's most excellent tracks. My personal favorites were jammed into the center of the tracklist. They include the Carly Simon reference heavy "One Way Widow," and the original versions of "Reprobates Resume" and "No Sleeves." I thought both were much better on their latest album, "Go Forth," but they are still highly credible here. The live videos on the DVD capture Les Savy Fav's intense live energy very well. I would've like to have seen more DVD material, because the music videos look like they were on a heavy budget, but I'm perfectly content seeing "Who Rocks the Party" live."

GibbSydSethPatTimLETS DO IT!!!

Simon May | Chicago, Illinois United States | 05/15/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Les Savy Fav are incredible. This is an incredible album. It collects nine 7"s from their career so far, including my personal favorite, an early version of Blackouts which will just blow your socks off!The early songs are so full of spastic energy and great lyrics you can't help but grin as you dance. The later songs are also full of jerky nervous-tick energy, and have even better lyrics, but they also have some touches of electronica, which are never gratuitous but just add another subtle layer to the songs. So now you're kind of grinning, dancing, and thinking all at the same time. Which is nice...I know some people thought Go Forth was a little overproduced. For those people I think Inches will be like the LSF equivalent of Fugazi's Furniture EP, a reminder of why you love them so much. For people who haven't heard LSF before, this is a great place to start as it gives you 18 snapshots from 9 different phases of their career. (If you haven't heard them before, I suppose they're kind of like a version of Gang Of Four that didn't grow up under Thatcher in Leeds in the rain reading Marx... and with a bit more melody... and some glitter.)I think this album is an absolute must have for everyone, basically."

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