Savoir Adore will anchor Thursday night lineups at Cake Shop
Cake Shop
152 Ludlow St. between Stanton & Rivington Sts.
Thursdays in February through February 18, $8, 8:00
212-253-0036
www.cake-shop.com
www.myspace.com/savoiradore
Deidre Muro and Paul Hammer claim that they started a band as an “accident,” that they were fooling around with some songs, shared them with friends, and eventually became a little more serious about it. Briefly known as Les Frogs, Muro and Hammer renamed themselves Savoir Adore and are currently on tour supporting their debut full-length, the lush, adventurous IN THE WOODED FOREST (Cantora, September 2009), joined by David Perlick-Molinari (who, with Hammer, is part of YouTooCanWoo Prod.), bassist Sasha Brown, and drummer Tim McCoy (who leads the Papercuts). A mix of pure pop delights and sweet instrumental-heavy tunes that walk the fine line between nature and technology, the infectious album features two of the best-titled songs of last year, “The Scientific Findings of Dr. Rousseau” and “Transylvanian Candy Patrol,” but Savoir Adore is about a lot more than just unusual names (even though their first EP was called THE ADVENTURES OF MR. PUMPERNICKEL AND THE GIRL WITH ANIMALS IN HER THROAT). “We Talk Like Machines” has a hook most bands would kill for, with the chorus of “Early Bird” right behind it. “The fires burning bright, everyone’s out tonight! 1 and 2 and 3 and 4, the starry night’s our disco ball!” Muro declares on MERP, which is a good description of Savoir Adore itself. “Creatures of every kind, they all have lost their minds! Colors flying everywhere, a kaleidoscope in the air!” Savoir Adore is making the Lower East Side club Cake Shop its home this month with a February residency beginning on February 4 with Pocketknife, Magic Magic, and buzz band French Horn Rebellion. On February 11, SA will be joined by We Are Country Mice, North Highlands, and twi-ny fave Uninhabitable Mansions, followed by February 18 with Red Wire Black Wire, Ennui, and the Bloodsugars.