Andrew Savage, or A. Savage, (born 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and painter, best known for his work as co-frontman for the rock band

Parquet Courts Parquet Courts is an American rock band from New York City. The band consists of Andrew Savage (vocals, guitar), Austin Brown (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Sean Yeaton (bass, vocals), and Max Savage (drums). History Band members Andrew Savage a ...

. In addition to his work for Parquet Courts, Savage is also a solo artist. In 2017, he released his first album,

Thawing Dawn Thawing Dawn is the first solo studio album by Andrew Savage under the stage name A. Savage, the co-frontman of the New York City-based rock band Parquet Courts Parquet Courts is an American rock band from New York City. The band consists of ...

, under the stage name A. Savage. Savage is also a painter and visual artist, and has created all Parquet Courts' album art. Savage received a

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nomination for

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for the album art of his band's 2016 album

Human Performance ''Human Performance'' is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Parquet Courts, released on April 8, 2016 on Rough Trade Records. The album was preceded by the singles "Dust", "Berlin Got Blurry", "Outside", and "Human Performance ...

Music career

In 2006, Savage founded Teenage Cool Kids, and was later joined by Daniel Zeigler, who Savage met at the University of North Texas. The two were later joined by Chris Pickering and Bradley Kerl. The group went on a United States tour in 2007 and 2008. The band disbanded shortly after the release of their third album, Denton After Sunset, in 2011. In 2008, Savage formed the duo Fergus & Geronimo with friend Jason Kelly. The two met while working on the Teenage Cool Kids album, Foreign Lands. In January 2011, the duo released their first album, Unlearn. A year later, the duo released their second and final album, Funky Was the State of Affairs. In 2010, Savage relocated to

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, and soon after started the group

with his friend and University of North Texas classmate

Austin Brown Nathaniel Austin Brown (born November 22, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer Early life Brown was born in Tarzana, California, on November 22, 1985, to Nathaniel Brown and Rebbie Jackson. He is a member of the Jackson ...

, in addition to Sean Yeaton and Andrew's brother, Max Savage. In 2011, Parquet Courts independently released their debut studio album,

American Specialties ''American Specialties'' is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Parquet Courts, initially released in 2011 as a limited edition cassette on Cut the Cord That... Records. A vinyl version of the album was subsequently released on Pinb ...

. The record was later reissued in 2021 by

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. Just over one year later in 2012, Parquet Courts released Light Up Gold. In 2013, Parquet Courts released their first EP, titled Tally All the Things That You Broke. Since two of the band members were unable to assist with producing the record, it was released under the moniker Parkay Quarts. In 2014, Parquet Courts released two albums, Sunbathing Animal and

Content Nausea ''Content Nausea'' is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Parquet Courts, released on November 28, 2014 under the name Parkay Quarts. Recorded chiefly by bandmates A. Savage and Austin Brown, the album was released less than six mo ...

. The latter was released as Parkay Quarts. In 2015, Parquet Courts released their second EP,

Monastic Living ''Monastic Living'' is an EP by the American indie rock band Parquet Courts, released on November 27, 2015, on Rough Trade Records. The release features mostly improvised instrumental and experimental recordings. Background and recording Compari ...

. In 2016, Parquet Courts released their fifth studio album,

. Savage received a

nomination for his work on the record packaging and album art. In 2017, Savage released his debut solo album,

, under the stage name A. Savage. Just two weeks after Savage's solo album release, Parquet Courts released the collaborative album

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. The band teamed up with Italian musician

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to produce the record. The album featured former Yeah Yeah Yeahs lead singer Karen O on a number of tracks. In 2018, the band released the album Wide Awake!. The album received generally high regards, and was named album of the year by Australian radio station Double J and second-best album of the year by American music magazine Paste. In 2021, Parquet Courts released their seventh album titled Sympathy for Life.

Personal life

Andrew Savage was born in Denton, Texas. He attended and graduated from Denton's University of North Texas, where he received a degree in painting.

Discography

as a member of Parquet Courts * Studio albums **

(2011) ** Light Up Gold (2012) ** Sunbathing Animal (2014) **

as Parkay Quarts (2014) **

(2016) ** Wide Awake! (2018) ** Sympathy for Life (2021) *Collaborative albums **

with

(2017) *Live albums ** Live at Third Man Records (2015) *EPs ** Tally All the Things That You Broke as Parkay Quarts (2013) **

EP (2015) as A. Savage * Studio albums ** ''

'' (2017)

Awards

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References

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Personal life

Discography

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