go forth is the best album of 2001, hands down
Originally written 03.09.2002
Ok first off, on one of the few notes on which buddyhead.com and I agree, Les Savy Fav’s latest album, “Go Forth”, is easily the best album of last year. It’s so good for so many reasons. I like it because the record sounds fresh and different, but still has something about it that is plain delightful. Like Mogwai’s Rock Action is a good album, and it sounds fresh and different, but listening to it isn’t pure bliss like listening to “Go Forth”. I’ve seen Les Savy Fav a couple of times when they’ve toured with the Plan, and despite the fact that I thought their show was amazing, I always wrote them off as a band that was good live, but whose records I wouldn’t really like. Well, I stand corrected. I like almost every song on Go Forth. At a time when I find myself increasingly bored with music, the only recent record that even comes close to giving me as much enjoyment as Go Forth is Strike Anywhere’s “Change is a Sound”. But that’s another rant …