Interview: Les Savy Fav - Modern Fix

Interview: Les Savy Fav – interview by pete soyer Between conflicting schedules, tour dates and four time zones, Les Savy Fav is a hard band to get a hold of. For the better part of two weeks I felt like a dog chasing my tail and only biting air. Don’t let the short answers speak for the depth of Les Savy Fav. Drummer Harrison Haynes, guitarist Seth Jabour, Tim and Syd (who is also head honcho at Frenchkiss Records) make up a great band that is bending all the boundaries of their genre. I witnessed the spectacle of their live show at a small club in Montana before I even knew who they were. They were loud, fast and in everyone’s face. The small bar was filled like an overstuffed pillow, with people listening from the stairwell at the door. And then, just like that, they were gone. Swept away into the cold night and all I had left was their third full-length “Go Forth”. They slipped in and out of my CD player like an ex-girlfriend who shows up looking for quick booty from time to time, but never for the full commitment. Their songs pull you in, suffocate you and then vanish. So I thought, being the mighty pen-wielding journalist, I’d be able to capture their essence in this interview. Once again, they were elusive, only dropping small nuggets of insight into their elite club. So who knows what Les Savy Fav really is. Is it punk? Is it prog? Is it funk? Is it jungle? Call the band what you will, just don’t call them easy to get a hold of.