Savages are back and they're not leading us in gently
On their second album Savages aim was simply to write "the loudest songs ever", no mean feat for a band who's already raucous debut drew comparisons to Joy Division and Siouxsie Sioux.
But, The Answer, the first track to be taken from new album Adore Life, released on January 22nd, is an all together more punishing affair.
But, The Answer, the first track to be taken from new album Adore Life, released on January 22nd, is an all together more punishing affair.
Abrasive guitars cut through frontwoman Jhenny Beth's shrill cry of "If you don't love me you don't love anybody", underpinned by thundering drums, as though they are declaring sonic war on the world.
It's a sound that veers on the edge on violent, suggesting the band have taken more than a few cues from last year's collaboration with Japanese psych-rockers Bo Ningen on Words To The Blind.
It's what makes The Answer less of a statement of intent as a bombastic rallying call to post-punk arms.
It's what makes The Answer less of a statement of intent as a bombastic rallying call to post-punk arms.
Prepare your eardrums, Adore Life is gonna be loud.
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