new music: ill fated natives ‘savages ep’ draws solidarity among indigenous people the world over with their powerful blues stomp #soundcheck

With a murky blues stomp and spiritually ecstatic vocals and instrumental work, Philly’s Ill Fated Natives achieve the seemingly impossible with their debut EP: they conjure the feel of getting lost in a damn good live performance on record. There’s an honest musical chemistry between the members that helps the members trace the line between songwriting and jams, and the interplay between guitarist Otheni Thompson and Joseph Pointer is intoxicating, as on the epic coda to “Want Me Dead.” The band’s songs deal with the consequences and struggles of colonialism and imperialism. “March of Tears” reclaims the word “savages,” giving the album its name. It’s a powerful drawing of solidarity among indigenous people the world over who have seen their cultures, lands, an bodies colonized. The band explains that their music “calls upon the energies of tribal and indigenous cultures all across the globe and the ghosts of fallen heroes and leaders; all the while singing tales of societal freedom and the paradigm of inner city love.”

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