Savages / Silence Yourself
Artist Savages
Album Title: Silence Yourself
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Primary Genre Rock
Format CD
Released 05/06/2013
Label Matador Records
Catalog No OLE-1036-2
Bar Code No 7 44861 10362 2
Packaging Digipack
Tracks
1. Shut Up (4:48)
2. I Am Here (3:21)
3. City's Full (3:27)
4. Strife (3:58)
5. Waiting For A Sign (5:26)
6. Dead Nature (2:07)
7. She Will (3:27)
8. No Face (3:36)
9. Hit Me (1:41)
10. Husbands (2:50)
11. Marshal Dear (4:04)
Date Acquired 09/17/2013
Personal Rating
Acquired from The Band At A Gig
Purchase Price 15.00

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Notes

Don't Let The Fuckers Get You Down
Recorded at Fish Factory, London, December 2012
Mixed in London at Pop Noire Records Studio and at XL Studio
Additional mixing at Sarm Studio
Mastered at The Exchange, London
Dialogue excerpt on 'Shut Up' from the film Opening Night by John Cassavetes
© Faces Distribution Corp
This album is to be played loud in the foreground
'Strife' and 'Waiting For A Sign' dedicated to Johnny Hostile
All songs published by BMG Rights Management UK Ltd; A BMG Chrysalis Company
Pop Noire © 2013
? & © Hassan / Milton / Thompson / Pop Noire (Beth)
Under exclusive license to Matador Records 2013
Digipak

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Analyzed: Savages / Silence Yourself
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR6        0.00 dB    -8.02 dB      4:48 01-Shut Up
DR5        0.00 dB    -7.18 dB      3:21 02-I Am Here
DR5        0.00 dB    -6.99 dB      3:27 03-City's Full
DR5        0.00 dB    -7.33 dB      3:58 04-Strife
DR5        0.00 dB    -8.42 dB      5:26 05-Waiting for a Sign
DR12      -0.47 dB   -18.29 dB      2:07 06-Dead Nature
DR5        0.00 dB    -6.88 dB      3:27 07-She Will
DR5        0.00 dB    -6.70 dB      3:36 08-No Face
DR5        0.00 dB    -5.84 dB      1:41 09-Hit Me
DR5        0.00 dB    -5.92 dB      2:50 10-Husbands
DR7        0.00 dB   -10.78 dB      4:04 11-Marshal Dear
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Number of tracks:  11
Official DR value: DR6

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           822 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Heather Phares

Plenty of bands have resuscitated post-punk throughout the 2000s and 2010s, but few have done so with the passion that reverberates through Savages' debut album, Silence Yourself. The band's early singles drew favorable comparisons to Patti Smith, Siouxsie Sioux, and a host of other strong female acts with post-punk roots, and the entire album burns with the same kind of confrontational fire those older artists had -- which, somewhat paradoxically, makes Savages sound particularly refreshing compared to many of their more blasé contemporaries. Yet Silence Yourself is also an emphatic declaration of independence that is reflected in the band's approach to making music -- they paid to make it with their own money and splashed their manifesto on the cover -- as well as in the actual music. Since Sleater-Kinney's dissolution, powerful all-female bands have been few and far between in indie rock, and there's nothing wispy, precious, or coy about Savages on these songs. Their music is pointedly undecorative, particularly on tracks like "No Face," a searing three-and-a-half-minute showcase for what they do: singer Jehnny Beth leads the charge with her furious wail, and Ayse Hassan, Fay Milton, and Gemma Thompson do their best to keep up with her. Beth may be the band's lightning rod, but she's also a fairly versatile and evocative singer, moving from the feral, taunting "Husbands" to the ultra-gothy swoon of the closing torch song "Marshal Dear." At this point in their career, there's no escaping that Savages' music owes a significant debt to their foremothers, but Silence Yourself is more than just a collection of touchstones and footnotes. Beth and crew have a riveting presence that makes each track magnetic, and more than a few songs here hint at how wide their musical scope actually is: "Strife" swaggers along at a self-assured pace, and follows the album's poppiest chorus with doom-laden chords suggesting that Savages may be (not so) secret metalheads, while "Hit Me"'s breakneck pace nods to hardcore. Even their more traditionally post-punk tracks like "She Will" reflect a viewpoint -- regarding the wilder parts of female sexuality in this case -- that is unique. Given that much of the initial buzz about the band revolved around its electrifying live performances, in some ways Silence Yourself doesn't provide the full Savages experience, but it offers more than enough to make it a powerful debut that suggests they'll become an even more distinctive force to be reckoned with over time.

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