Written by: Alex Green

We’ve made it no secret: we’re nuts about Savages.

In fact, our Senior Editor Dave Cantrell wrote of the UK post-punk band’s 2013 debut album Silence Yourself: “Taut as a soon-to-snap guitar string, lean, angry, polished and pointedly defiant by equal measure, Silence Yourself is a revelation that has no intention of following its own directive.”

(You can read his entire review here:)

Savages’ sophomore album Adore Life will hit shelves in early 2016 and here’s what we know so far:

1. The album will be comprised of ten tracks.
2. It was produced by Johnny Hostile, engineered by Richard Woodcraft and mixed by Anders Trentemøller.
3. The first single will be “The Answer.”
4. Savages released this statement about “The Answer”: “We’ve observed our audience all around the world and noticed that something is happening. People want to be pushed to do good, or to be good, or just to feel good. We wanted a very intense video, that felt like banging your head against the wall, focusing on our audience: a portrait of our crowd, an homage to music lovers and the good people who are coming to gigs and shouting their lungs out, or just smiling at the back. We were touched by them every night, and wanted to get their message out there: loud guitar music is still alive and still connects people.”
5. To celebrate Adore Life’s release, Savages will play a special morning show on January 26 at the 100 Club in London.
6. Of the new album, the band issued this statement: “It’s about change and the power to change. It’s about metamorphosis and evolution. It’s about sticking to your guns and toughing it out. It’s about now, not tomorrow. It’s about recognizing your potential. It’s about self-doubt and inaction. It’s about you. It’s about me. It’s about you and me and the others. It’s about the choices we make. It’s about finding the poetry and avoiding the cliché. It’s about being the solution, not the problem. It’s about showing weakness to be strong. It’s about digging through your dirt to look for diamonds. It’s about claiming your right to think unacceptable thoughts. It’s about boredom and the things we do to drive it away. It’s about being on your own so you can be with people. It’s about knowing what it means to be human and what it might mean one day. It’s about the parts and the sum of the parts. It’s about the music and the message: together, one and the same. It’s about bass, guitars, drums, and vocals. It’s about opening-out and never, ever dying. But most of all it’s about love, every kind of love. Love is the answer.”
7. The tracklisting is as follows: 1. The Answer 2. Evil 3. Sad Person 4. Adore 5. I Need Something New 6. Slowing Down The World 7. When In Love 8. Surrender 9. T.I.W.Y.G.
   10. Mechanics
8. The band just played a surprise show in Lisbon and the live footage will be featured in an upcoming clip from Adore Life.
9. They also played Banksy’s Dismaland in September, where they showcased tracks from the new record.
10. Adore Life will be out January 22 on Matador Records.