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Photos + Review | Savages @ Paradise Rock Club

I fell for Savages’ debut, Silence Yourself, as soon as the knotty, groovy ostinato of Ayse Hassan’s bass eclipsed Gena Rowlands testy silence (in a clip from Cassavetes’ Opening Night) in answer to the question: “I’m 65. How old are you?” It’s as if the song – the entire record – is some sort of rejoinder: the chiaroscuro photo on the album cover reveals that while the four women who make up Savages are some distance from retirement age, they want nothing to do with the day-glo skin-bearing that signifies youth in pop music. You couldn’t ask for more from a record:…

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