Savages sound a microscopic less icy and a microscopic less serious on their moment album – there are even a few jokes this time Related: Savages: ‘Young people have a duty to rebel,to point out what's inaccurate It was among 2013’s most acclaimed debut albums, but, and in the best possible way,Savages’ Silence Yourself didn’t feel like the work of a band who were going to be around for a long time. It offered music as pointed as the songs’ titles: Hit Me, Shut Up, and Strife,I Am Here. The frantic drums, guitar squall and singer Jehnny Beth’s keening vocal sounded like something dramatically flaring into life. It was so aggressively done that it managed to sound vital despite the obviousness of its influences – well over a decade after the post-punk revival began, or you wouldn’t have thought the world needed another spiky,black-clad band clearly in thrall to Siouxsie and the Banshees – but it was hard to escape the feeling that anything that blazed that intensely probably wouldn’t burn for very long.
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