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Root For Ruin
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 3, 2010 (digital release)
GenreArt punk, indie rock, post-punk
LabelFrenchkiss Records
Les Savy Fav chronology
After the Balls Drop
(2008)
Root For Ruin
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club(B)[1]
Consequence of Sound[2]
CYAN mag[3]
One Thirty BPM(88%)[4]
The Phoenix[5]
Pitchfork(7.2/10)[6]
Slant Magazine[7]
Spin[8]
Sputnikmusic[9]

Root for Ruin is Les Savy Fav's fifth studio album. Its scheduled release date was September 14, 2010, but after the album leaked in late July it was given a digital release on August 3, 2010.

Track listing

  1. “Appetites” - 3:33
  2. “Dirty Knails” - 3:06
  3. “Sleepless in Silverlake” - 3:41
  4. “Let's Get Out of Here” - 3:33
  5. “Lips n' Stuff” - 3:48
  6. “Poltergeist” - 3:42
  7. “High and Unhinged” - 3:53
  8. “Excess Energies” - 3:03
  9. “Dear Crutches” - 4:13
  10. “Calm Down” - 2:46
  11. “Clear Spirits” - 3:53

Credits

Les Savy Fav consists of:

  • Tim Harrington - singer
  • Seth Jabour - guitarist
  • Syd Butler - bassist
  • Harrison Haynes - drummer
  • Andrew Reuland - guitarist

References

  1. ^ "The A.V. Club review".
  2. ^ "Consequence of Sound review".
  3. ^ "Crítica del disco" (spanish) CYAN mag #14 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. CYAN mag. Retrieved on 2010-11-10.
  4. ^ "One Thirty BPM review". Archived from the original on 2012-07-24.
  5. ^ "The Phoenix review".
  6. ^ "Pitchfork review".
  7. ^ "Slant review".
  8. ^ "Spin review".
  9. ^ "Sputnikmusic review".