Noble Savage - TAKE A WALK WITH FATE

The premise for darkwave and post-punk act Noble Savage's latest single 'Take a Walk with Fate' is an odd one to say the least. After watching the show Killing Eve and being entranced with the killer Villanelle Astankova (played by Jodie Corner), Noble Savage found inspiration to write a song about her. The lyrics within the song are dedicated to the character but the music is based off of the project's post-punk and darkwave roots with a dash of synthwave in between. And, well, the feelings I left after listening to a couple of times were mixed. 

The song starts off with a pretty simple but very well orchestrated beat. A bassline forms itself over curious synths that weave in and out of the back and foreground of the song. It's quite calming and chilling to say the very least. The problems started when Noble Savage began to sing; like so many other darkwave projects, Noble Savage does a semi-spoken word lyrical delivery. However, when they try to go high and low Noble Savage sounds awful and out of tune with the rest of the song. This is fixed during the chorus of the track where the voice is echoed and backed by several others lending the track an otherworldly feel. It's in the chorus, with the added effects, that I feel that Noble Savage is at their best; the digitally touched voice matches the queer nature of the synthetic work that surround the track. However, whenever Noble Savage returns to their natural singing voice, I am left completely unimpressed and bored. 


This is not meant to tell you to write-off Noble Savage and move onto the next thing. No; in fact, it's quite the opposite. Noble Savage is a relatively new and unheard of act. And, like many others who have just started out, there are a few wrinkles that need to be ironed out before Noble Savage can really stand out. Those wrinkles are not found in the music; I think they are able to create a pretty good beat already. But their natural singing voice, highs and lows, needs to be improved upon before they continue in their journey. It's a bit of a mixed bag, and for that I'm able to give the single a 5.5 out of 10. 

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Mar 03 2021