SAVAK is an

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band from Brooklyn, New York. Their debut album Best of Luck in Future Endeavors was released on

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in May 2016, garnering positive reviews in

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, Vol. 1 Brooklyn and ''

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''. The record received four stars in

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, who praised their ''"superior twin-guitar slash."'' Since then the band has released 3 additional albums on the

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) record label including Cut-Ups in 2017, Beg Your Pardon in 2018 and Rotting Teeth in the Horse's Mouth in 2020. SAVAK released their latest album Human Error / Human Delight in April of 2022 on their own record label, Peculiar Works Music. Sohrab Habibion of SAVAK was previously in the bands

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and

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. Fellow singer and guitar-player Michael Jaworski spent time in both The Cops and Virgin Islands. Drummer

Matt Schulz Matt Schulz is an American drummer who was in the past a member of Enon, Lab Partners, Obits and Let's Crash, and is currently active as a member of Holy Fuck, COVERBAND, SAVAK, Lake Ruth, Aperiodic, and Roid Rage. Schulz also participated as ...

also serves a similar role with

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Band members

*Sohrab Habibion – vocals, guitar *Michael Jaworski - vocals, guitar, bass, keys *

– drums

Discography

Albums

* Best of Luck in Future Endeavors LP (2016,

) * Cut-Ups LP (2017,

) * Beg Your Pardon LP (2018,

) * Rotting Teeth in The Horse's Mouth LP (2020,

) * Human Error / Human Delight LP (2022, Peculiar Works/

/Geenger)

Singles

* "Where Should I Start?" / "Expensive Things" (2018, Modern City Records) * "Green & Desperate" / "This Dying Lake" (2018, Orangerie) * "The Point of the Point" / "Checked Out" (2020, Dromedary and Peculiar Works) * "Feel What You Feel" / "Access Egress" (2020, Peculiar Works)

EP's

* "Mirror Maker" (2019, Peculiar Works and

)

References

External links

*
Ernest Jenning Record Co. page

Comedy Minus One Records page
Indie rock musical groups from New York (state) Musical groups established in 2015 Musical_groups_from_Brooklyn 2015 establishments in New York City {{US-indie-rock-band-stub