here is the NFO file from Indietorrents
Album info
Austinist wrote:
Rock fans have spent years lamenting the relatively abysmal state of the genre, complete with obsequious bonding over novel acts that are often elevated from flavors of months to esteemed fortunes as years-long steadfast festival headliners. Now, Savages have come out of nowhere to save the era from its milquetoast musical standards, as they hurtle towards a creative apogee that is still very far from sight. That’s essentially the narrative that’s been established among music writers as the quiet buzz about Savages’ potential, based on a handful of gigs and the releases of a double-A side 7” and a live 12” EP last year. That buzz has now been laid bare for examination with the release of Silence Yourself. Now that their greatly anticipated debut LP has arrived, many are hoping for the band’s investiture as the long-awaited Real Deal.
Indeed, it’s been a long time since a band has come on the scene with a LP that so successfully marries literary artfulness and seductively forceful sonic command. Savages blend shades from a dark palette dappled with artfully dissected sounds from the modern history of disaffected pop music. Listen closely, and you may hear echoes of post-punk icons like Bauhaus, Siouxsie Sioux and Joy Division. Their sound also draws upon those of earlier, more destructively inclined bands like Dead Boys, The Stooges, and The Velvet Underground, replete with John Cale’s signature dissonance.
Guitarist Gemma Thompson sounds like Daniel Ash during his best Bauhaus days. Singer Jehnny Beth singes her brutally loving lyrics with more sensual fire than PJ Harvey, and bassist Ayse Hassan and drummer Fay Milton forge heavy minimal and occasionally danceable rhythms. Savages distance themselves from an oft-noted foundation in 1980s post punk aesthetics. Rather than simply constructing an assemblage of appropriated signature elements from a revered era, Savages’ music has nothing to do with retro reverence or vintage appeal.
Silence Yourself is about closing the door on the decay of a festered past, tearing one’s self from dormancy enforced by a smothering culture of rectitude, and fighting for realization of a singular existence beyond the mandates of fashion and common convention, experienced communally with friends, lovers, strangers, and even enemies – for as long as one must – once the necessity of their defeat becomes obvious. If Jehnny Beth’s lyrics aren’t enough to convince you of the importance, thoughtfulness and visceral necessity of her mandate, then she and the rest of Savages are here to drum it into your body and compel you to action, as such effective music can do, if you’ll only listen.
Tracklist
01. Shut Up
02. I Am Here
03. City’s Full
04. Strife
05. Waiting For A Sign
06. Dead Nature
07. She Will
08. No Face
09. Hit Me
10. Husbands
11. Marshal Dear
Rough Trade Bonus Tracks
01. City’s Full (Live In Nottingham, Bodega)
02. Give Me A Gun (Live In Nottingham, Bodega)
03. I Am Here (Live In Bristol, Thekla)
04. Husbands (Live In Bristol, Thekla)