Savoir Adore is a pop-rock group duo from
Brooklyn, New York City, United States initially consisting of Paul Hammer and Deidre Muro. In 2014, Deidre Muro left the band while Hammer worked with a guest vocalist. Hammer began collaborating with Lauren Zettler shortly after, and she became a permanent member. As of June 2020 the band has released five albums, several EPs, numerous singles and a number of remixes albums. They also have done an international tour.
Career
Paul Hammer is the son of
Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer () (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as his film scores fo ...
and Ivona Reich, he developed an interest in music at an early age.
A multi-instrumentalist, he recorded his first album ''19'' in 2004 with the help of his father.
Hammer met Muro during a song writing club at
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
.
They challenged themselves "to write and record an EP in one weekend" that did not involve any acoustic instruments. One of the first experimental pieces they wrote together prompted the name ''Savoir Adore''. After signing to the Cantora label, they released the EP ''The Adventures of Mr. Pumpernickel and the Girl with Animals in her throat'' on May 6, 2008. Although the group recorded its unique work as a pair, the dual vocalists rounded out their sound in concert with a three-piece backup band. in 2009 they released a full-length debut album, ''In the Wooded Forest'',
that described as a mix of "electro-pop and indie-rock". It was supported by the singles "We Talk Like Machines" (May 2009) and "Bodies" (2010). In 2011 they released the single "Dreamers" through
Neon Gold
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Initially operating as a vinyl-only singles label, Neon Gold has launched the debut releases and international careers of m ...
.
For their second album, the duo launched a Kickstarter campaign and self-released the album ''Our Nature'' in October 2012.
The band signed with the Popular label in the UK and Nettwerk in North America, which saw ''Our Nature'', receive a general release on June 4, 2013. Their single "
Pop Goes the World
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" (a cover of the 1987 song by
Men Without Hats
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) was released on February 22, 2012 and was featured on a commercial for
Tide Pods
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History
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. In 2013, Muro married David Perlick-Molinari of
French Horn Rebellion.
After the tour in support of ''Our Nature'', the Muro and Hammer partnership dissolved in 2014. Hammer decided to continue to project and collaborate with other vocalists.
For the album he worked with Leah Hayes, Lauren Zettler and Winslow Bright. In August 2016 the band released ''The Love That Remains''.
In the first half of 2016 a new live-band was formed consisting of Hammer, Alex Foote (guitars),
Ben Marshall (drums), Andrew Pertes (bass) and Lauren Zettler (vocals/keyboards).
The release was preceded by the single "Giants".
Discography
Usage in media
Their single Dreamers was featured as a soundtrack in
Konami
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's video game ''
Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
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''. The group recognises the impact it has made on their popularity as Paul Hammer said "''That's honestly such a huge part of what brought us down to South America and to Brazil''" and "''
reamersis a song that did a lot for us.
..We started travelling around the world, we got to play for a lot more people and we got our first bigger record deals which really did so much for us''".
References
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Rock music groups from New York (state)
Musical groups from Brooklyn
Dream pop musical groups
Indie pop groups from New York (state)
American synth-pop groups
American indie rock groups
Nettwerk Music Group artists