Album Review: Savoir Adore – In The Wooded Forest
Brooklyn’s Savoir Adore are doing pretty well for a band that shouldn’t exist. Formed in 2007 by friends Deidre Muro + Paul Hammer, the two got together after challenging each other with the task of creating and recording a concept album over a weekend. The result was the EP The Adventures of Mr. Pumpernickel and the Girl with Animals in her Throat, which they played to friends and, after some encouragement toured. 2009 saw the U.S. release of their debut album ‘In The Wooded Forest’, which has now finally been released in the UK.
The album itself consists of fourteen tracks, including Bodies, their well received UK debut single, released earlier this year. ‘In The Wooded Forest’ starts slowly with the oddly titled ‘The Scientific Findings of Dr Rousseau’ which starts of sounding quite experimental with various different percussive beats before settling down into more familiar electro pop territory. This is where things remain throughout most of the album, along with Deirdre and Paul’s dual vocals and peppered with spontaneous sounding effects and handclaps. Though there are plenty of electro pop bands around at the moment, what lifts this above most of them is the exceptionally catchy melodies, most notably with the lovely ‘We Talk Like Machines’ which gets me singing along to the chorus every time I hear it. A genuinely delightful album. 4/5
Out now on Cantora Records
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