Les Sans Culottes - Le Weekender

So here’s the problem with guitar fills: when they sound good, they add immeasurable appeal to their designated riffs, but when they’re ugly, they’re beyond obnoxious. It’s the same problem with vocal harmonies, and Le Weekender borders on Amelie: The Musical more than once, which in a just world would be worth at least ten years in prison. But it’s all pretty standard guitar rock fare, and when it works, like on “Les Yeux Grands Sauvent Le Monde,” it’s the reason why repeat-one was built into iPods. The Kinks deserve mention here, because all melody-based guitar bands bear comparison to them, but beyond that, there are traces worth following here, if you can stomach fifty melodies that don’t ever click. [www.lessansculottes.com]