Savages

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

is her boyfriend JOHNNY HOSTILE still around?

i still can't get over a dude in the 2010s rolling around w/that quincy punk name

New single, new video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7ZpPsaMNMM

I really, really dig this band from top to bottom

oof, ol' cheekbones kills me every time. they are kinda the Interpol of my dreams. they should re-do old Interpol songs and make them better.

how long till David Fincher casts her in something I wonder

anyway great song

they are kinda the Interpol of my dreams. they should re-do old Interpol songs and make them better.

I endorse this idea

The Kiss of feminist post punk revivalism: a great band let down only by their lack of many good songs.

holy shit this is incredible.

Excellent!

Yeah, this is really quite astonishing. The amount of build on it, plus the false ending -> big triumphant (but dark) finish is so, so perfect.

When is the next album out? Their first was so perfect that I didn't think that they were going to be able to keep that mood going, but singles indicate that oh yes they can and they will.

The new album is out Jan 22.

This new song reminds me of The Glee Club, a one-and-done 4AD band from the 90s.

Everything I've heard from this album suggests it's going to be way better than the debut.

Here, you’ll get a different side of firting ("I’m not gonna hurt you/ 'Cause I'm flirting with you/ I'm not gonna hurt myself"), the messiness of love ("This is what you get when you mess with love"), lust ("Sleep with me/ And we'd still be friends/ Or I know/ I’ll go insane"), sexual fluidity ("When I take a man/ Or a woman/ They're both the same/ They're both human"), sexual discovery ("When I'm with you/ I want to do/ All the things that/ I’ve never done”), sexual power ("When I take a man/ At my command/ My love will stand/ The test of time"), jealousy/threats ("If you don't love me/ You don't love anybody")

some truly, truly terrible lyrics here