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SAVAK is an
indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
band from Brooklyn, New York. Their debut album Best of Luck in Future Endeavors was released on
Comedy Minus One Comedy Minus One is an independent record label based in Princeton, New Jersey. It was founded in 2007 by Jon Solomon. Comedy Minus One picks up where an earlier Solomon label - My Pal God Records - left off, but with a more focused remit. The ...
in May 2016, garnering positive reviews in
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,
Brooklyn Vegan ''BrooklynVegan'' is an American online music magazine founded in 2004 by David Levine. The company is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and originally focused on vegan food and the music community in and around New York City, before broadeni ...
,
Noisey ''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. It was founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, and its founders later launched the youth media company ...
, 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 5 additional albums, with the next four coming out on the
Ernest Jenning Ernest Jenning / Ernest Jenning Record Co. is an independent record label established in 2002 in Jersey City, New Jersey. EJRC has been based out of Brooklyn, NY since 2003. The label is run by Pete D'Angelo and Gandhar Savur, and is home to art ...
record label including Cut-Ups in 2017, Beg Your Pardon in 2018, Rotting Teeth in the Horse's Mouth in 2020 and Human Error / Human Delight in 2022. SAVAK released their latest album Flavors of Paradise in March 2024 as a split release on their own record label, Peculiar Works Music, along with
Ernest Jenning Ernest Jenning / Ernest Jenning Record Co. is an independent record label established in 2002 in Jersey City, New Jersey. EJRC has been based out of Brooklyn, NY since 2003. The label is run by Pete D'Angelo and Gandhar Savur, and is home to art ...
. Sohrab Habibion of SAVAK was previously in the bands
Obits Obits was an American rock band formed in 2006 in Brooklyn, New York. The band members were veterans of other independent rock bands: Guitarist/vocalist Rick Froberg was previously a member of Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu, and Hot Snakes, and gu ...
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, and Obits and is currently active as a member of Holy Fuck, Savak, Lake Ruth, Aperiodic, and Immersion (musicians). He has also played with School of Seve ...
also serves a similar role with
Holy Fuck Holy Fuck is a Canadian electronica band from Toronto. They were a part of Dependent Music, a music label and artist collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 2004 until its closing. They were then a part of the Young Turks label and in ...
.


Band members

*Sohrab Habibion – vocals, guitar *Michael Jaworski - vocals, guitar, bass, keys *
Matt Schulz Matt Schulz is an American drummer who was in the past a member of Enon, Lab Partners, and Obits and is currently active as a member of Holy Fuck, Savak, Lake Ruth, Aperiodic, and Immersion (musicians). He has also played with School of Seve ...
– drums


Discography


Albums

* ''Best of Luck in Future Endeavors'', LP, CD (2016,
Comedy Minus One Comedy Minus One is an independent record label based in Princeton, New Jersey. It was founded in 2007 by Jon Solomon. Comedy Minus One picks up where an earlier Solomon label - My Pal God Records - left off, but with a more focused remit. The ...
) * ''Cut-Ups'', LP, CD (2017,
Ernest Jenning Ernest Jenning / Ernest Jenning Record Co. is an independent record label established in 2002 in Jersey City, New Jersey. EJRC has been based out of Brooklyn, NY since 2003. The label is run by Pete D'Angelo and Gandhar Savur, and is home to art ...
) * ''Beg Your Pardon'', LP, CD (2018,
Ernest Jenning Ernest Jenning / Ernest Jenning Record Co. is an independent record label established in 2002 in Jersey City, New Jersey. EJRC has been based out of Brooklyn, NY since 2003. The label is run by Pete D'Angelo and Gandhar Savur, and is home to art ...
) * ''Rotting Teeth in the Horse's Mouth'', LP, CD (2020,
Ernest Jenning Ernest Jenning / Ernest Jenning Record Co. is an independent record label established in 2002 in Jersey City, New Jersey. EJRC has been based out of Brooklyn, NY since 2003. The label is run by Pete D'Angelo and Gandhar Savur, and is home to art ...
) * ''Human Error / Human Delight'', LP, CD (2022, Peculiar Works/
Ernest Jenning Ernest Jenning / Ernest Jenning Record Co. is an independent record label established in 2002 in Jersey City, New Jersey. EJRC has been based out of Brooklyn, NY since 2003. The label is run by Pete D'Angelo and Gandhar Savur, and is home to art ...
/Geenger) * ''Flavors Of Paradise'', LP (2024, Peculiar Works/
Ernest Jenning Ernest Jenning / Ernest Jenning Record Co. is an independent record label established in 2002 in Jersey City, New Jersey. EJRC has been based out of Brooklyn, NY since 2003. The label is run by Pete D'Angelo and Gandhar Savur, and is home to art ...
)


EP's

* ''Mirror Maker'', 12" 45 RPM (2019, Peculiar Works and
Ernest Jenning Ernest Jenning / Ernest Jenning Record Co. is an independent record label established in 2002 in Jersey City, New Jersey. EJRC has been based out of Brooklyn, NY since 2003. The label is run by Pete D'Angelo and Gandhar Savur, and is home to art ...
)


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)


References


External links

*
Ernest Jenning Record Co. page

Comedy Minus One Records page
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