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Savage Goth (zyng010)

by Savage Goth

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    We are VERY excited & proud to introduce to you the debut release of SAVAGE GOTH who has exclusively signed with ZyNg tapes.

    Savage Goth is the solo project of Matthew Kenworthy. It started as an anonymous online alias in December 2014 for posting home recordings online.

    The project is Inspired by the intimate lofi recordings of Daniel Johnston and Tinged with themes from Walpole-esq Gothic romanticism and tongue-in-cheek B-movie horror, set against a backdrop of post-industrial Northern England.

    Over 2014 he played a string of well received solo shows around Greater Manchester. The SAVAGE GOTH EP was self recorded in his girlfriends conservatory over August. He is now putting a full live band together to showcase the EP, starting on December 5th at the suitably named Cemetery Hotel in his Rochdale hometown.

    This release is a 'double A side' produced on a c40 ferro teal shelled tape with the EP on both sides. Dubbed in real-time on pro Tascam decks. Black on-body print and enclosed in a matching teal case.

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1.
Ghosts 05:08
Night walker, glide on old cobblestones Soft talker, spinning yarn to the ghosts Crumbling Mills and Chimney's, blocking out sunlight Moving slowly backwards Through Ghoulish Dust filled halls Night walker, over liberty capped moors Truth stalker, Ego death, take them all In the basin's misty Seven Sisters tall The past has glory's wistful I'm here to mourn the fall Crumbling mills and chimney's, blocking out sunlight
2.
Summer is over We don't live by the sea We work in Cubicles and stain our teeth with tea You called me out You dragged me out To a tombstone that shares my name We lay our backs. Lay our backs On the cold stone caressed by the rain Freezing and seething The loners life for me We light red candles and share our songs beneath the trees You called me out You dragged me out To a tombstone that shares my name We lay our backs. Lay our backs On the cold stone caressed by the rain
3.
Lurker 02:45
Take our pale skin for a walk In the beautiful English countryside Through overgrown, ruined churches In the beautiful English Summertime You're just like me We like to have a good time We are unique The same as everybody else Figure me out, Figure me in Love and Sin Out. Lost for hours Blow smoke to the flowers And water the streams You're just like me We like to have a good time We are unique The same as everybody else
4.
Sat in Bloody Hell Fire I can't bear to move it at all Better the demons you know I live with the demon I am People I know cross the street, and I look at my feet Missed opportunity Wasted it, man i'm beat Party in the land of the dead Heinous man Travelling fool Idiot love false glory Living besotted by rage Out when the nights turn to days Spilling my guts on the page working for minimum wage One foot on and off the lines Never get anywhere on time Ladders bottom rungs removed Curse my attitude Party in the land of the dead Heinous man Travelling fool Idiot love false glory
5.
Revival 04:36
This is our one chance I want to live with you I want to live It's true that in spite of what i said I'm still longing for you

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ZyNg Tapes has just released the 5-track self-titled EP by Savage Goth. As usual with this label, the release is a complete work of art, this time issued as a turquoise cassette with on-body printing, matching turquoise case and full colour artwork, limited to just 50 copies. The band's name seems to be deliberately ironic - there is nothing savage about their music, and nothing particularly gothic, unless you're from the school of thought that sees dreampop as falling under the goth umbrella rather than the indie umbrella. Their style is influenced by classic indiepop and dreampop, whilst adding much to their sound that is new and creative. Ghosts is beautifully atmospheric dreampop, with lashings of cathedral-esque reverb, but presented in an updated form with the addition of electronic beats and synths. Manchester Tombstone Surfer Cult is in the best 80s-style DIY indiepop tradition. Lurker is brilliant jangly indiepop with ethereal undercurrents. Bloody Hell Fire is classic songwriting with a touch of laid-back US-style folk-rock, augmented by dreampop-style atmospherics. Revival is a multifaceted track putting an inventive spin on indiepop and dreampop. This is an absolutely fantastic tape; out of ZyNg's recent releases, this is the one that's most in keeping with my usual tastes, and I hope there will be more to follow in this vein from ZyNg in future. The tape has created quite a buzz already, and at the time of writing, only 5 physical copies remain, though a download version is also available for those who prefer that format.

Kim Harten
Bliss/Aquamarine
www.blissaquamarine.net/zyngtapes29.html


In Savage Goth there’s Matthew Kenworthy, the dream-pop surf-gaze solo project from Manchester- please don’t mistake him for a heavy metal band. He’s set to release his self-titled, homemade album on the 4th of December, but two tracks are available to you right now. Manchester Tombstone Surfer Cult is the first, a beautiful ode to a Beach Fossils song. You notice the individual layers of sound, soft bass alongside the jangly, surfy guitar. And there’s a subtlety in it, the way the colours blend together, not too gaudy, not too bright. The vocals (it doesn’t matter that the lyrics are hard to distinguish) create a heartfelt harmony, in reply to the instruments.

Drum machines fade into Lurker. Toning things down a notch, warm synths, 80s gothic drone and same jangly guitar. It’s indefinitely pretty as it tenses at the chorus, a faint nod to a Mac DeMarco riff. Both songs are easy listens, gently joyful with plenty of emotional surge for when you’re feeling a bit romantic on the train ride home.


I’m pretty excited about Savage Goth, not only is it a cool name it’s possibly one of the best lo-fi releases to close off 2015. You can get your copy on limited edition cassette (only 50 copies worldwide from ZyNg Tapes) or on Bandcamp.

Poppy Allan
Pond Music
pondmusicblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/new-music-savage-goth-to-release-self.html

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released December 4, 2015

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