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 and Ivona Reich;[1] he developed an interest in music at an early age.[2] A multi-instrumentalist, he recorded his first album 19 in 2004 with the help of his father.[3][4]
Hammer met Muro during a song writing club at New York University.[2] They challenged themselves "to write and record an EP in one weekend" that did not involve any acoustic instruments.[5] One of the first experimental pieces they wrote together prompted the name Savoir Adore.[6] 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.[7][8] 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,[9][10] that described as a mix of "electro-pop and indie-rock".[11] It was supported by the singles "We Talk Like Machines" (May 2009)[12] and "Bodies" (2010).[13][14] In 2011 they released the single "Dreamers" through Neon Gold.[15]
For their second album, the duo launched a Kickstarter campaign and self-released the album Our Nature in October 2012.[15] 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.[16] Their single "Pop Goes the World" (a cover of the 1987 song by Men Without Hats) was released on February 22, 2012 and was featured on a commercial for Tide Pods. In 2013, Muro married David Perlick-Molinari of French Horn Rebellion.[17]
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.[18] For the album he worked with Leah Hayes,[19] Lauren Zettler and Winslow Bright.[20] In August 2016 the band released The Love That Remains.[9] 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).[18] The release was preceded by the single "Giants".[21]
Their single Dreamers was featured as a soundtrack in Konami's video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2013. 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 "[Dreamers] is 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".[39]
^Image Tapes Vol. 1. is a special album composed during 4 years in parallel of the group's other works. It is described as "story-telling music - often starting with instrumental nuggets that evoked imagery and some kindof narrative. This project takes that idea a step further. Image Tapes Vol. 1 is a collection of these lo-fi cinematic snapshots - a score for a movie that doesn't exist." - Announcement on Facebook (2020)
^"The Adventures of Mr. Pumpernickel and the Girl with Animals in Her Throat" is a concept-EP written by Hammer and Muro before Savoir Adore was officially formed. Interview by 'The VPME' (2010)
