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TRACKMARKS: LES SAVY FAV’S “LET’S GET OUT OF HERE”
Les Savy Fav’s new record Root For Ruin leaked over the weekend, nearly two full months before its scheduled September release date. Today the band made available an MP3 of Ruin’s first single “Let’s Get Out of Here”, presumably to satiate the few indie rock enthusiasts out there that are both digitally inclined and yet insist on coming across their music honestly. After all, fans of the veteran New York punk rock weirdos already know the album is on the way and LSF’s spazzy post-punk could never appeal to a wider, more mainstream audience.
Or could it? “Let’s Get Out of Here” finds Les Savy at their most accessible moment to date, sounding even more radio-friendly than their 2007 single “Patty Lee”. The spiky, crisscrossing guitar lines still layer and simmer, lying in wait for the release of a chorus. But where an older song in the band’s catalogue would have let those guitars snap into a fit of frontman Tim Harrington’s aggression and spaz, 2010 finds the band’s musicianship able to stand on its own and the result is much softer around the edges. Backing vocals coo alongside manicured distortion and a confident earworm emerges, soaring over top. The harmonies are subtle, it’s the kind of chorus that smolders instead of exploding. For a band that’s never been shy about making their presence known, it looks like their most rewarding display of confidence involves reigning it in.
Get the MP3 for nothin’ but an e-mail address here or, if you already have reason to feel guilty, throw some money in their coffer or pre-order their LP before the September 14 release.
