Hello!
Some of my favorite music has always been songs that are high-energy with an almost erratic sound to them. The best I've been able to describe it is "the energy of punk, the sound of post punk, the coordinated messiness of garage rock" ha. It's kinda hard to explain, but easy with examples I think. Here's a playlist with the kinds of songs I'm looking for, followed by individual time-stamped examples!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KfIPVkCirorSvG4j49SOS?si=b4769e1941924cdb
"Hold Onto Your Genre" - Les Savy Fav - https://youtu.be/fzoIkaBUlq8?t=187
"Jeszcze Raz" - Belgrado - https://youtu.be/IMtx8mizzck?t=163
"Everything You've Ever Learned" - Jack White - https://youtu.be/ruYd9n008RM?t=82
"Pin" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - https://youtu.be/evMVTZgxyVk?t=37
I'm open to all languages! I couldn't think of where else to ask, so hopefully this is the right place!
Basically, uptempo, harsh post-punk/post-hardcore with some noisy synths and maybe some kind of weird and funny mythology that the band has made up.
I kind of wanted to put the Nation of Ulysses on here too as they have a lot to do with all of these bands but they donβt have they synth thing going.
indie | emo | mathcore
Playing sharp but engaging post-hardcore with complex melodic lines, edgy guitar figures, and plenty of eccentric wit (their name, for instance, sounds French, but doesn't mean anything), Les Savy Fav were formed in 1995 by five friends attending the Rhode Island School of Design. Vocalist Tim Harrington, guitarists Seth Thom Jabour and Gibb Slife, bassist Syd Butler, and drummer Patrick Mahoney began making music together during downtime from their studies, and they spent two years playing clubs along the East Coast before their reputation spread to Seattle, where Sub Pop Records invited the band to record a single. "Rodeo" b/w "Blackouts on Thursday" was released in the fall of 1997, and by the end of the year, the band completed a full-length album, 3/5, released by the independent Self-Starter Foundation label. Les Savy Fav's live shows drew growing audiences, thanks to their striking music and Harrington's over-the-top stage antics, which sometimes included remarkable costumes and friendly invasion of the audience's space.
For their second full-length effort, 1999's The Cat and the Cobra, the group opted to release their album through Frenchkiss Records, an independent label formed by bassist Butler. The second album also featured a new drummer, Harrison Haynes, who replaced Mahoney. In 2000, Les Savy Fav shrunk from a quintet to a quartet with the departure of guitarist Slife, and Go Forth, released in the fall of 2001, was their first full-length effort as a four-piece, following the well-received EP Emor: Rome Upside Down. In 2004, Les Savy Fav collected a number of their small-label singles on a compilation called Inches, and they maintained an increasingly busy schedule as a live act, busy enough that it was becoming difficult for Harrington, who was raising a family with his wife, and Butler, whose Frenchkiss label was enjoying success with the Hold Steady, Passion Pit, Local Natives, and many more.
In 2005, Les Savy Fav announced they were going on an indefinite hiatus, but their sabbatical didn't last very long. By late 2006, the band reconvened to begin recording a new album, and in May 2007 they returned to the stage at the British All Tomorrow's Parties festival. Let's Stay Friends was released by Frenchkiss in the fall of 2007, and received enthusiastic re
... keep reading on reddit β‘As far I can tell thereβs only been one pressing of this. Quite sure I had this already but it appears not. I have an extensive trade list that Iβm happy to share, or am equally happy to pay for it. Iβm based in the UK. Thank you!
It's proving to be very hard to find this and I was hoping that asking here might get some better results. Thanks to anyone that can help.
Release link:
https://www.discogs.com/Les-Savy-Fav-Yawn-Yawn-Yawn-One-Way-Widow/release/1115416
Jangly guitars, driving bass, dancy drums.
this sorta stuff, really.
I can't think of any bands that are doing this. Hell, even for emo revival the only band I can think of that was doing anything artsy/spazzy was Cattle Drums ( https://cattledrums.bandcamp.com/album/the-boy-kisser-sessions top10 emo revival EP right there)
