Savak Examine Authority in A Metaphorical Sense With ‘Two Lamps’
In this divided society we currently live in, the definition of power and authority has a complicated number of perspectives. Some folks might think that they have a rebellious and individualistic mindset when in fact they’re just as submissive to this specific structure as the type of people they claim to be against. The way we get our information contributes to this dynamic as well and every issue or story always has a different side to it. With this in mind, Brooklyn post-punk aficionados Savak released the single “Two Lamps” along with a music video for it on February 18. The track is off of their upcoming full-length release Flavors of Paradise that’s due out on March 1 via both the Ernest Jenning Record Company and Peculiar Works Music.
Sohrab Habibon starts off the song with a steady bass line while Michael Jaworski brings the riffs as Habibon takes on the vocal duties. Robert D. Kassabian handled the directing and editing of the music video with the filming taking place at the Brooklyn based establishment Mama Tried.
“Musically, this is as close to Pailhead or Killing Joke as we’ve yet tread,” Habibon says about “Two Lamps”. “I’m glad to see us dipping our toes there, as those records have been part of my musical DNA since I first heard them in the late-80s. Lyrically. this is more commentary on power, control and perspective where two lamps light the room, but depending on where you are standing the view is different. Two camps divide us. Two mouths fight to speak.”
“Two hands strangle us,” he adds. “We have to ask ourselves, are we just alive or are we actually living?”
In support of Flavors of Paradise, Savak is going to be touring around the Northeastern United States and in Europe as well as having a listening party for the album at Mama Tried on February 29. Before that, people around the Providence area can go see them play at AS220 on 115 Empire Street on February 24 with the show starting at 9pm. Before you head on over to check out the band in a live setting, watch their new music video at the link below and dive right in.
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