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Sydney five-piece Safer with the Wolves howl to things beautiful and things lost in the city, melancholy harmonies riding over vicious guitars, lullabies with teeth pulled tight by depth of feeling and the driving heartbeat of someone running. Born under a heavy moon in the bleak night of some of the inner west’s most affordable rental accommodation, Safer with the Wolves began when long-time collaborators Jak Daw (The Art) and Penny Anne (Ghost Cat) decided to take their prolific, obsessive songwriting further and put together a pack. From early 2012 they were joined by established multi-instrumentalist Arkhea Mobbs (Screaming bikini) on drums and Ben (catinabox) Smith (Snout Cassette, Koro Vacui) on bass to give the music its lithe, lean backbone. When Pat Taylor (Torch Le Monde) emerged from the swirling mists of the internet carrying a lifelong fascination with music and a violin, the sound was complete. Together they build a dark, melodic music which pulls together technical