“Four women who made post-punk dangerous again — two Mercury-nominated albums of controlled fury that refused compromise, decoration, or distance.”
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Curatorial notes
Savages formed in London in 2011 and for six years made some of the most vital guitar music of the decade. The lineup — Jehnny Beth (vocals), Gemma Thompson (guitar), Ayse Hassan (bass), and Fay Milton (drums) — operated as a unit with the discipline of a manifesto and the force of a detonation. Their debut gig supporting British Sea Power in January 2012 announced something fully formed:...
