The Wood Burning Savages

It's been a while...

We cannot wait to share our new album - 'Hand To Mouth' - with you all on 7th February 2025.

There's also a new single, 'Grind Your Teeth'! That's out right now. WATCH VIDEO: https://youtu.be/lf61LaLfgmQ

We've been working on this for a long time and we think you're gonna really like what we've been cooking up.

You can support us directly by pre-ordering the album right here on this website.

This is going to be a grizzlier, faster paced album.

'The past few years have been a pressure cooker for all of us and I think our own pent up frustration comes across in the album.’ - Paul Connolly, vocalist.

The single comes off the heels of vocalist Paul Connolly opening up to fans about a life changing illness which took hold during a tour last year.

'If it wasn't for the phenomenal hospital staff who looked after me, I don't think I would still be here today.'

'Just as the band returned to releasing music and playing shows, my body began to break down. I tried to power through, but I could only ignore the signs for so long.

It was incredibly scary, for months doctors struggled to treat me as they couldn't pinpoint what was wrong. I continued to lose a huge amount of weight and at one stage I struggled to get out of bed for weeks. It was the lowest moment of my life.'

Paul’s road to recovery has been long but we're thankful that he’s back with the band.

‘The past 18 months have been hell at times. But it puts everything in perspective.’

‘Hand To Mouth’ is the follow up to 2018’s ‘Stability’. That debut album beat out the likes of Snow Patrol, Ash and Bicep to be the first self-released artist to win Northern Ireland Album of the Year. The band also took home the prize of Best Live Act.

'HAND TO MOUTH' is

1. Grind Your Teeth
2. Hand To Mouth
3. Record Of Achievement
4. 1000 Mumbling Virgins
5. Climb The Ladder
6. Monument Valley
7. Landlord's Prayer
8. It Takes A Bomb To Raise A Village
9. Strict Diet
10. When The Hammer Hits The Chisel
11. Last Of The Legacies

We're back!

Playing our first headline tour in over two years, we can't wait to get back on the road playing our largest run of dates ever!

We'll be playing some of our new tracks live for the first time.

Looking forward to seeing all your faces again! 🤘

Grab your tickets 👉 https://www.thewoodburningsavages.com/shows

We're heading back on the road this November to play some of our favourite cities. ✊

We've had an incredible year so far and can't wait to get back out to tear the roof off some venues!

Grab your tickets 👉 https://www.thewoodburningsavages.com/shows

Did somebody say more 'Stability'?

To celebrate 'Stability' being awarded Northern Irish Album of the Year 2018, we've released a brand new version of 'Stability' featuring never head before tracks, new recordings of old favourites and some rocking live versions of album tracks.

Best part of all? You can get digitally right now!

DOWNLOAD ⚡️ STREAM 🔥

This gonna be some ride!

Whiskeys at the ready, we're heading out on tour with the awesome *Skinny Lister *for the UK tour this Spring.

This is gonna be our biggest ever run of UK dates and we cannot wait to play in a whole host of cities we've never been to before.

Tickets are on sale now and for more info on dates head to here:-

https://www.thewoodburningsavages.com/shows

What an incredible night!

We are thrilled that we took home the NI Music Prize for Best Northern Irish album of the Year 2018! The NI Music prize has been awarded to the best Northern Irish album for the past number of years and is the Mercury Music Prize equivalent for Northern Ireland.

We won for our debut album 'Stability', and faced incredible competition from the likes of Snow Patrol, Ash, And So I Watch You From Afar, Bicep and many others.

We also won Best Live Band on the night which means just as much to us. We work incredibly hard to bring you the best show we can every night and winning this prize will only spur us on to work even hard.

To be the first rock act to win the prize is an absolute honour and we'd like to thank everybody who helped us over the years. There's no way we could have done this on our own and we're forever thankful to everybody who has ever bought our music, seen our show or helped spread the word about our wee band. We would be nothing without you!

Thank you!!! TWBS

CREDIT- BRADLEY QUINN

MASSIVE AUTUMN UK/IRE TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT!

We're absolutely buzzing to announce we're playing across the UK and Ireland in the Autumn. We can't wait to bring you a slice of very loud TWBS and we'll be playing our debut album 'Stability' in full at all the shows.

Tickets are available now, so snap they up now while you can!

TICKETS

Cardiff

http://bit.ly/TWBSCardiff

Huddersfield

http://bit.ly/TWBSHuddersfield

Manchester

http://bit.ly/TWBSManchester

Hull

http://bit.ly/TWBSHull

London

http://bit.ly/TWBSLondon

Cheltenham

http://bit.ly/TWBSCheltenham

Glasgow

http://bit.ly/TWBSGlasgow

Galway http://bit.ly/TWBSGalway

Dublin

http://bit.ly/TWBSDublin

In association with Midnight Mango & Help Musicians Northern Ireland

"In Paul Connolly, they have one of the next generation's great rock frontmen." - Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6 Music

“'Stability' is a masterpiece...unlike anything else out there.” – Stephen McCauley BBC Radio Ulster

“Undeniably one of the most intelligent and articulate new Irish bands to come along in quite some time.” – The Irish Times

“Resurrecting punk's insurrectionary spirit.” – Clash

“They absolutely slay it.” - Phil Taggart, BBC Radio 1

HOT PRESS TRACK OF THE FORTNIGHT & BBC RADIO 1 INTRODUCING TRACK OF THE WEEK

'A breakneck rock song which bolts on catchy guitar riffs and sing-along choruses in under three minutes. Short, sharp and savage'

- Nialler9

'An absolutely electrifying offering...one of Northern Ireland's best live bands' - Hot Press

'The Wood Burning Savages have never been a band to deliver half-measured music and ‘We Love You’ is no exception, showcasing the four-piece’s upfront raucous sound in all its fiery glory.' - The Last Mixed Tape

'A blistering new track. We Love You is a jittery, face melting, mosh pit generating rocker' - The Devil Has The Best Tuna