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9.0
15330
9.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Les Savy Fav have the personality, the songs, the chops and the work ethic to be true leaders in the indie world
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8.8
15325
8.8 |
One Thirty BPM
A scathing white knuckle ride that’s honest and hugely entertaining
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8.0
15740
8.0 |
Uncut
Burns with their reunited love of Fugazi, Pixies and Pavement. Print edition only
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8.0
15757
8.0 |
Q
Perhaps their strongest yet. Print edition only
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8.0
15764
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
15854
8.0 |
NME
Loud, brash, damaged, confused, confusing and delightfully fun. Print edition only
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8.0
15978
8.0 |
The Skinny
All told, LP number five is yet another bullseye from this prolific quintet
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8.0
16263
8.0 |
Spin
Root for Ruin's dreamy ferocity is familiar
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8.0
16298
8.0 |
The Observer
Their fifth LP bristles with self-assurance, perfectly balancing the primal and the poppy
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8.0
16347
8.0 |
The Fly
A thrill from start to finish, Les Savy Fav have made their best album to date
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8.0
17036
8.0 |
Blurt
Les Savy Fav are still hungry, still striving, still not taking your cheers and applause for granted
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7.5
15322
7.5 |
The Quietus
While it’s not career-best record, it is arguably their most melodically solid and focussed
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7.2
15392
7.2 |
Pitchfork
LSF still excel at constructing miniature explosions of songs, even if they sound a bit tidier now
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7.0
15324
7.0 |
Prefix
Root for Ruin doesn’t have the ecstatic heights of Let’s Stay Friends, but it’s more level-headed in a way ... this is their most workmanlike album
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7.0
15327
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Les Savy Fav aim for consolidation, rather than reinvention. Root For Ruin is hardly a great album, but it is an affirmative gesture toward commitment, to each other and to their craft
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7.0
16145
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
LSF are a step forward for the music we grew up with, so keep listening; these are our songs
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7.0
16247
7.0 |
music OMH
It proves that Les Savy Fav can still be vital and are still writing challenging, inventive material
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7.0
16476
7.0 |
BBC
This is a band that dares to go further in the live arena, and is still charting a rum-soaked course through the best kind of modern indie rock
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7.0
17614
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
The sound of a band who know exactly what they’re doing and know exactly how they want to do it
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7.0
17815
7.0 |
No Ripcord
Root For Ruin is an album of decent, somewhat disappointing Les Savy Fav songs
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6.0
16236
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
[They have] a sort of template for producing good (often great) songs. And while this is an admirable achievement itself, it doesn’t mean that they should be content with just doing the minimum. Roots for Ruin rather sounds like they did just that
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6.0
16842
6.0 |
Pop Matters
An infectious, smart, and well-executed record
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