Savage Hands is a five-piece new wave rock band from the DMV area with a melodic take on the sound that is sweeping across America. Their catchy hooks and well-paced rhythm will have you moving and singing along even on the first listen to their song or music. Working hand in hand with writer/producer Andrew Balis, who has worked with artists like Yung Gravey and Brantley Gilbert, helped cement the band in the scene and amass a Spotify following of 239.6k monthly listeners.
On the 13th of November, Savage Hands released their newest single, "underwater," which is a song that instantly had me adding it to my playlists.
"underwater" starts with a strum and soft guitar with backing ambient sound before it picks up with the line "You're the reason / I keep the phone down / When it starts ringing / My heart is a room / That never stops spinning," then picks up the pace again with the next lines, and a final harder pick-up comes in with the chorus. This is a really great song structure to keep people engaged as the song progresses. Between the structure and instrumental rhythms gaining more and more heat, and the belting vocals, this song has a made-for-the-audience type feel and not that radio production vibe that can feel like it's faking sincerity.
The track has just the right amount of production and raw emotion that it feels like the band is playing from the heart each time you stream the song, which can be a very hard element to achieve in the longevity of a song. But Savage Hands has done exactly that with "underwater"!
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This would be a great song for a movie soundtrack! I would love to hear it play in the breakup scenes, or even in scenes where a couple gets back together after a breakup and is reminiscing about their time apart and the toll that the loss of each other took during that time. It could be used in romances, rom-coms, dramas, or even fantasy-type films.
Hell, this track would also be great to add to your reading time playlist, and it fits many book scenes in these same genres. An author adding this to their books playlist to fit a chapter with any of the aforementioned scenes above would also level up the books game as well.
Want to see Savage Hands live? On the 11th of December, you can catch Savage Hands at the Canal Club in Richmond, VA, opening for Conditions alongside Blush for a fan-voted setlist!
I am very excited to see the next move they make! Their latest releases have really had me enamored and ready for the next one each time, with "underwater" being one of my favorites to come out this year. I can't wait for the next song already! Go listen to "underwater" now!
Meet the Members of Savage Hands!
Mike Garrow - Vocalist
Justin Hein - Guitarist
Nathan O'Brien - Guitarist
Jayvon Green - Bassist
Alex Gacek - Drummer
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