The Savage Hearts – Silver Locket (2024)
The story of The Savage Hearts begins in 2022 when former member of Irish rock ‘n roll group The Strypes, stepped up to create a band with even greater flair than the dissolved Strypes. From international success with extensive touring, performances with Artic Monkeys, and appearances at notable festivals, Evan Walsh switched his drums for vocals and a bass guitar in this exciting new project. Joining Darragh Muldoon (lead vocals and lead guitar), Luke Cassidy (drums), Eugenio Collinassi (tenor saxophone), and occasionally Becky Walsh (vocals) and Terry Brady (keyboards and harmonica), The Savage Hearts quickly started intoxicating audiences with their eclectic music.
Over the past 18 months, The Savage Hearts began to carve a niche in the UK and Irish music scene with enthusiastic, confident, electric live shows (including gigs with artists like The Boomtown Rats and The Undertones); this year, they launch themselves onto unsuspecting audiences across the globe. Following the internationally acclaimed singles ‘Gang War’ and ‘Speeding Bullets’, The Savage Hearts release their third single ‘Silver Locket’.
Penned and produced by Evan Walsh with mastering by Martin Quinn, ‘Silver Locket’ is a nostalgic draw back to the 60s and 70s. Tapping into various flavours of rock, from indie-rock to classic rock and garage rock plus some psychedelic shimmers clinging to the melody, the track is boldly old-school but with a refreshing wistfully hanging in the soundscape.
Unlike the punk-tinged ‘Speeding Bullets’, ‘Silver Locket’ showcases The Savage Hearts’ constant development and diversity as a band. I imagine the forcefulness of ‘Silver Locket’ can send heart-pounding rushes of sound in a live show; however, for me at least, the power of a live session oozes over our speakers. Soaring guitars match crashing drums with a bold bass pulsating beneath. The interspersed saxophone adds a particular edginess and eclecticism to an already innovative, original and intoxicating melody.
The melody is astounding, and the lyrics are as moving as Walsh notes “…the idea of quite a fragile-sounding phrase like silver locket standing in sharp contrast to the chunky, fuzzy and aggressive riff…” The again, The Savage Hearts prefer audiences choose their own personal meaning, they’re just there to bring a “…few seconds of pleasure to the listening audience”.
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