“With this album, they've proven that they're a band with substance, staying power and the ability to question everything--and that's worth a lot.”
“On their sophomore album, the combustible rock band Savages return with an examination of love as a dark, powerful messy thing. While it doesn't always hit the peaks of their 2012 anthem "Husbands," they find new highs to explore.”
“With its raised-fist cover photo and violent, primal post-punk grind, you'd expect the second album from arty London band Savages to be an anti-everything screed. But their music is driven by emotions that are almost unprecedented in the genre that gave us Joy Division and Public Image Limited: "Love is the answer," they advise, somewhat shockingly, against the spiked guitar tumult and haymaker dr”
“UK post-punk outfit Savages follow up their roar of a debut album with a less intense affair.”
