Savages

finally listening to this. came here to say that it sounds like Rush but i see that has been covered.

I still don't fully understand the Rush thing.

I still don't fully understand the Savages thing tbh.

i don't get this. i'm sure savages are lovely folk & shit, they got something together. but dang, if this ain't EMPTY

I guess they're blowing up because they played NYC last Thursday and sold out a 1000-plus capacity room (Webster Hall) and have already announced that their next show here in the fall will be in a 3000-plus capacity room (Terminal 5). Kinda surprising. Also a bummer because I'd like to see em play and Terminal 5 sucks.

They played a 300 or so quickly sold out room in DC over the weekend and are coming back in the fall to a 1200 person room.

My friend and I had the exact same reaction last night: This band has it going on, the singer is great, the musicians committed. Etc. And yet, we both left thinking, you know, we've flipped through this record bin before, and don't really see the band bringing much more to the table besides being good. Which is probably good enough, we conceded, but my friend in particular said he's perfectly happy sticking with his Bauhaus.

god, remember this band? really brings me back...

Dunno if it is a matter of too much too soon, but I was surprised the band did not sell out last night.

^ chicago homies of mine were talking about just "showing up" and walking in to that show and laughing @ all the bands who shot their wad at the summer festivals in the chicagoland area depressing their own gate

This is pretty easily one of my top 5 albums of the year

you and Jim DeRo enjoying those marshmallows at that camp you built?

are they the goth hepburn?

ultimately they are just a little too much of a 81 UK post punk dress-up band

it's well done but doesn't really have much to offer for me

they are basically the black crowes of post punk

No I'm with Dan on this - came back to it recently and was surprised at just how good it sounded and how great they are as a band. Especially the bass player, but the drums and guitar kill it too.

the Dusty Springfield of post punk.

idgi

like i said they are a good band. they play well. they have the style down. black crowes were/are a good band too. jealous again, all that shit. it's just something about it seems kinda off though. i dunno. such limited time to listen to stuff, why would i listen to this instead of something from that period. it's not like it feels modern except maybe mastered louder.

it's super up my alley. they are not bad at all.

I've basically come around to thinking of this as an impressive and admirable record that I just don't ever really care to play.

yeah that's it for me too

It's about as well done as anything like this could be short of the bands that did it first and better 30 years ago, basically.

such limited time to listen to stuff, why would i listen to this instead of something from that period. it's not like it feels modern except maybe mastered louder.

...and I do appreciate that. I mean you must be pretty busy checking out all the new stuff on the Revolt of Fahey Brigade thread right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-rm2MPi2sM

Annnnnnnd...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkz6qKCYjDM

they owe that director a BIG gift basket. i mean, talk about making a band look good. sheesh. still wanna marry the singer, by the way...

I dig the new 12", the Suicide cover, "Burn Baby Burn" is great as well.

they owe that director a BIG gift basket. i mean, talk about making a band look good. sheesh.

that's pretty much what they look like anyway, the video is just footage of their regular live show

Their "Dream Baby Dream" is weak; Bruce did it better.

that thing with bright white side lighting from lowdown always makes bands look great, but they're a very stylish band anyway with such a great live vibe xp

it's the way its shot. iconic and all that. very well-made. most modern rock bands do not get that kind of deluxe treatment. i like it.

i thought it felt like watching them while trapped in a mailbox at the side of the stage

the first time i saw them and they announced they were going to do "dream baby dream" i was prepared for it to be a car crash but i think they pulled it off by doing something different with it. both the angel corpus christi and bruce versions are so good that to attempt that song, i think it needs to be taken somewhere else entirely which is what they do.

has anyone checked to see if DeRogatis lives?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/arts/music/savages-a-london-band-plays-three-new-york-clubs.html?ref=music

They are/were hanging out in NYC for a month or so playing new songs and still getting compared to Brit postpunk of yore

They have a new collaboration album out, anyone heard it?

saw them last night at saint vitus. i love that they're going for it, you know? they have a plan. they engage the crowd. they even took a group bow at the end of the set. lovely. the drummer is a powerhouse, guitarist wears a poker face and plays reverbed-out sound washes reminding me variously of bryan gregory (with similar hair hanging in face) and the edge. the singer had theatric/awkward stage moves like sorta ziggy. whether they have the songs to take it to the next level, and whether she has the voice, are the questions.

http://www.spin.com/2015/05/savages-talk-new-album/?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook

new album in the works, coming late 2015/early 2016, jehnny sez it's extremely heavy

http://thequietus.com/articles/19063-savages-the-answer

New album announced, lead single here with a Siouxsie fronting Killing Joke vibe. Nice.

I wasn't so keen on their first album, but that song is brilliant.

This will come as a shock to many of you but I FUCKING LOVE THIS

1969 ok?

Man, that's great. I feel like I've been waiting for a new album for them forever, totally looking forward to it.

cool song but it's a very polished sound though? would like to hear a live version

also wish they'd go for a visual aesthetic that looked less like a soft drink commercial but hard to come up with stuff ofc

i wish the video had focused more on sexy ian curtis because i am in love with her but overall i don't mind the canned smells like savage spirit vibe of the video. fits the song. i hope every song on the new album is as cool as that one. i really want to like cool new rock that rocks by rocking women.

haha, I like your enthusiasm

I liked the first record quite a bit, hope to see them live some time, they're said to kick ass

just don't ask me what this french circus bowie thing is, okay?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGZjBr3I9vs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9rmjVvPAUA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prSCRrk1JFs

you have to see the french ziggys in the ziggy clip though...lol...

Irl lol at first french ziggy