Savage Beat
Bright Lights, Tall Shadows
(Wap Shoo Wap Records)
Savage Beat are the storming sons of every bygone, cherished Rock'n'Roll / Punk / Glam / Oi! outfit that tore all hell out of popular music when it became boring (as it so often does). Snarling guitar, basslines that mean business, and monster-muscled drum demolition rip the brakes out of this substance-abusing locomotive. Shouted exclamations leap aboard that streamlined anger and spew jump-for-jawbreaking defiance of whatever strictures society might contrive. Incredulously, all that is packed into oxygen-free song missiles.
1970s Creem magazine crits sometimes groped the descriptor "high energy." Set for March 6 release (pre-orders are now underway), this 10-track, 12" vinyl argument for exhuming that accolade may well set turntables aflame.
Get it anyway. The world needs Savage Beat.
Recommended: "Street Boogie Confidential," "Cut to the Chase," "Unhinged," "Killer Inside," "Blood on the Knees," "Bright Lights, Tall Shadows," "The Side Hustle," "Worse for Wear," "Three Chord Disciple," "Tomorrow (Might Never Come)"
Videos: "Unhinged" "The Side Hustle" "Three Chord Disciple" (tour video)
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