ARTIST.....: Savak
TITLE......: Rotting Teeth in the Horse's Mouth
LABEL......: Ernest Jenning Record
GENRE......: Rock
RIP DATE...: 2020-04-11
RETAIL DATE: 2020-04-10
RUNTIME....: 33:27
SIZE.......: 77,55 MB
QUALITY....: 320Kbps 44.1kHz
ENCODER/CODEC: LAME - MP3 (MPEG-2 AUDIO LAYER 3)
URL........: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Br53nhspebqygjqicxj6mch5iga
Track List:
01. Vis-a-Vis 3:28
02. Listening 3:37
03. Exposure 3:37
04. What is Compassion? 2:42
05. Aujourd'hui 3:50
06. Bayonet 3:20
07. It's Mutual 2:21
08. How Many Duchesses 3:16
09. I Came Alive 2:11
10. We've Been Disappearing 5:05
Release Notes:
https://savak.bandcamp.com/
George Washingtoní»s famous wooden dentures were
actually crafted from hippopotamus ivory, brass and
gold. The teeth currently occupying the Oval Office are
just made of fallacies, narcissism and slime.
Rotting Teeth in the Horseí»s Mouth, SAVAKí»s fourth
full-length LP in five years, shows truths about these
delusions in the decay of democracy, but also invoke
dreams for the daughters of the future. Weí»re finally
in a new decade we only thought existed in the distance
of a dystopian science-fiction novel, faced with a
waning optimism overcome by the burdening weight of
pessimism.
Thereí»s no better time than now to welcome the arrival
of an album that addresses a lot of the American
anxieties which have been bubbling in our collective
conscience. Recorded in SAVAKí»s Gowanus, Brooklyn
studio as the earth literally shook around them from the
mechanisms of urban renewal, core SAVAK members and
principal songwriters Michael í░Jawsí▒ Jaworski and
Sohrab Habibion direct you into their headspace with a
fiery pool of propulsive rhythms helmed by drummer Matt
Schulz that shake in your blood and seep through your
most permeable pores. Lyrically, theyí»re navigating the
complexities of everyday life and how to grow and shape
a better future in the face of adversity. Musically,
theyí»re a cohesive, balanced package of punk in all its
amalgamations, the trio acting as a unit that play off
of each other and with each other, always asking what
the next best move might be.
And sometimes the answer is found by dancing first.
í░Vis-a-Visí▒ finds a suitable partner in the
communication department before leading the way into
í░Listening,í▒ an all-out assault on the current
gaslighting of America by its own elected
representatives. í░Exposureí▒ develops driven melodies
rooted in self-reflection to keep going through í░What
is Compassion?,í▒ a meditation on real estate developers
and cloud servers. í░Aujourdí»huií▒ closes the A-side as
a sign of blossoming optimism, written and partially
sung in French as a tender tribute to Jawsí» three-year
old bilingual muse of a daughter. Kicking off the
flipside is í░Bayonet,í▒ a nod to the Minutemení»s
í░Political Song For Michael Jackson To Singí▒ that
tackles war memorials and memorabilia, jamming econo
right into the dynamic power structures of í░Ití»s
Mutual.í▒ í░How Many Duchessesí▒ rises above to signal a
call to sacrifice the sacrifices and not become diluted
by societies only living through their smartphones. í░I
Came Aliveí▒ relives a bygone period in life, much older
and none the wiser, letting loose in the spotlight for a
moment, before culminating in the punk-poetry of
í░Weí»ve Been Disappearing,í▒ a masterful turn into
territory I havení»t been as moved by since hearing The
Fresh & Onlys for the first time.
With contributions from Radio 4í»s Anthony Roman playing
bass on í░Bayonetí▒ and í░Listening,í▒ alongside guest
vocalist Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys, Paramount
Styles), and Michael Hampton (The Faith, One Last Wish,
Fake Names) on Ebow and string arrangements with his
cellist daughter Charlotte Hampton on í░Weí»ve Been
Disappearing,í▒ the tunes become that much richer
without losing any of their carnal qualities in the mix
by longtime SAVAK producer/sometime bass player Geoff
Sanoff at Renegade Studios in the West Village. It takes
a community to persevere.
Hopped up on a steady diet of everything, SAVAK, formed
in 2015 by members of The Obits, Holy Fuck, and The
Cops, are broadcasting shared sentiments that we feel
when we hearí¬all the more illuminating during this dark
and tumultuous timeline. Ití»s a call to action for
ourselves and for each other.
Sometimes we have to punch ourselves in the face for a
punchline and try not to lose our teeth.
You heard it straight from the horseí»s mouth.
-Travis Ritter, January 2020