Anyone else given it a spin? It's pretty serious best of '07 material from the band who have easily assumed best of millenium status. I think a lot of people had some pretty serious doubts about whether LSF could put together another album that built on their schizophrenic back catalog but they do it beautifully. It's still idiosyncratic, deeply anxious and excited, but manages to cite every major musical cliche of the moment without ever getting tired. The New Order-y, coke party ready "What Would Wolves Do?" is a pretty standout track. "Patty Lee" is possibly the best song they've ever written, the equivalent of a Crackity Jones; That is, everyone doing the thing they do best. Sid Butler's got those winding, booty-shake bass lines down to an art, the guitars are as ready to pull a switchblade as ever. And Tim Harrington, who's always been at risk of coming off as a one trick pony, pulls out some great vocal stunts. Far from the all-howl-palooza of Go Forth, he actually croons in a few places but sounds as bitter and savage as he did 6 years ago. And Scotchguard the Credit Card is the greatest fist pumping anthem since, well, Bringing Us Down, whose adolescent war-games lyrcism is a great live standout.
Really, it's a lovely album full of new directions that manages to be a Les Savy Fav album and not be redundant. Delicious.
