Barrence Whitfield & the Savages

“Barrence Whitfield is a treasure, with unbelievable pipes, an unimpeachable discography (with great taste in cover tunes) and undeniable appeal.” – POPMATTERS “Showcases a wild musical abandon.” – USA TODAY BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES UNDER THE SAVAGE SKY RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 21, 2015 When asked about the methods and the madness It’s the kind of hip-shake proto-rockabilly that once behind capturing the scorched earth soul of Under had parents dragging their kids to the confessional the Savage Sky, guitarist Peter Greenberg explained for listening to that devil music. “Adjunct Street,” a that the band was eager for something “harder haunting, grinding ballad, gets you absinthe-drunk and garagier” than their previous record, while still on Greenberg’s warbly guitar and Barrence’s deep connecting with the energy and originality of the growl, and “Full Moon in the Daylight Sky” brings the classics. Given that the previous release, Dig Thy brooding, ‘60s 3 a.m. soul. Savage Soul (their 2013 Bloodshot debut and first U.S. release in a couple decades), was a 12-round One of BW&S’s signature moves is their unpredictable, sonic knockout, the R&B wallop of Under the Savage deep-catalog choice of covers and Under the Savage Sky may very well stand for ‘Roundhouse & Beatdown.’ Sky unearths some exquisite gems. Getting the Savage treatment in this bout are Timmy “Mr. Soul Satisfaction” There’s no harder hitter than frontman Barrence Willis’s “I’m a Full Grown Man,” all peacock-strut Whitfield of Boston, MA. When he hits the boards with garage blues with an above-the-pulpit B3; Kid Thomas’s the Savages, you’re either gonna ride the energy or be “The Wolf Pack,” done here with stalking, back-alley crushed by it. We’re talking Joe Louis, Howlin’ Wolf, toughness, burlesque sax lines and a lurid invitation to Wilson Pickett, Smokin’ Joe Frazier. Barrence has what howl along; Eddie Snow’s “I’m a Good Man”; and Ace these greats all possessed, the one thing a trainer recording artist Mercy Baby’s “Rock and Roll Baby.” cannot teach a fighter: a lust for mayhem. The wilder, louder, more insane the Savages bring it, the more BW Taken from the album’s liner notes (written by is ready to attack the mic, to bring it high, to bring it John Swenson, noted scribe for such illustrious low, to wear you down on the ropes, and eventually rock and boxing mags like Crawdaddy, Circus, and drop you. Ring): “Backing Whitfield are the best cornermen in the business, led by garage/punk guitarist Peter With the raw vocals, thick and nasty guitar tones, and Greenberg, the visionary who started the Savages preternaturally locked-in rhythm section, Under the after a legendary stint with the Lyres, and his sidekick Savage Sky might be the most soulful punk record— Phil “Mr. Tenacious” Lenker on bass. Greenberg works or perhaps the most punk soul record— you’ve ever his guitar with the ruthless intricacy of a chain saw heard. Compact, three minute-or-less blasts rocket ice sculptor. Lenker meshes with drummer Andy Jody back to the explosive heydays of The Dirtbombs and for an unrelenting sequence of haymaker beats. Tom genre godfathers The Sonics. Don’t believe it? Just Quartulli’s saxophone rips like a foghorn through the check out “Incarceration Casserole” (with its wild, mist.” Little Richard-era sax), the muscularity of “The Claw” (after all, every album of quality should start a dance Under The Savage Sky rains soul and brimstone from craze), and “Katy Didn’t.” “Rock and Roll Baby,” the heavens. Keep your eyes to the sky… ain’t no “Bad News Perfume,” and “I’m A Good Man” play umbrella gonna help you here. like a high school sock hop invaded by a biker gang. For press needs, contact: Josh Zanger at [email protected] Bloodshot Records 3039 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60618 Ph: 773-604-5300 Fax: 773-604-5019 Web: www.bloodshotrecords.com .

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