When Sleater-Kinney went on hiatus in 2006, it left a huge hole to fill in music. Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss filled that void with their awesome Wild Flag project, but the band quickly broke up. Corin Tucker's solo work has been good, but a touch too melodic and folky to really be the next Sleater-Kinney. What we needed was another group of women to come in and make kick ass indy rock and post punk. Enter Savages. Hailing from the UK, their debut album, Silence Yourself, was bruising, uncompromising and exactly what the world needed. The band has been described as "deadly serious post-punk", which is an apt description. This is serious music for serious people. The band is just a couple of years into their career and they have the perfect balance of young punkish brashness and the polished precision maturity of a long running band. After listening to their album, you realize that this band won't be ignored.
Or maybe it's like a friend said to me, I just like women who play loud and scream...
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