Concert Review: Savoir Adore Feel Good About Feeling Good
Performing at Baby’s All Right, Savoir Adore gave a show that felt like a Spiritual Revival. It is had enough uplift and positivism to compete with a Christian concert, but also had enough real and grounded connection to show you that Heaven can be on earth. If only we knew how to stop making ourselves feel like hell?
Celebrating First Bloom, oddly enough, I like Savoir Adore more in the intimate, bright setting of Baby’s. While their Rough Trade show rode on their lively energy, having lights, screens, and people close enough to absorb their exuberance amplified their music’s purpose. From “Slow Motion” to “Black And Blue,” Savoir Adore show positivity is as much about feeling better as it is about not making yourself feel worse. People denounce contentment because it feels like a layer above dissatisfaction; a sugary coating for a hidden, sour taste. Yet, if the goal is to avoid feeling so bad that negativity hazes your function, then, for Savoir Adore, contentment is a vital step forward to true happiness. After all, you have to be okay enough to get better.
If music is a drug, then Savoir Adore were high off of tracks, “When The Summer Ends,” and “The Hum,” from which synths, keys, and snares burst like slow-motion sparklers. They have an innate ability to pace their songs like a rollercoaster; each verse is a clink upwards until that chorus drops and you are emotionally riding through self-healing. You could tell that their newest works were bundled with pride because it matched their talent and confidence with a sense of stability. They know they are are a “feel good” group, and lead singers Paul Hammer and Lauren Zettler have enough wisdom and “fabulosity” to harmonize and compact that being happy is GOOD.
Hammer and Zettler’s voices feel like the powdered crust of a love-filled pastry. They crumb and saccharin life and beauty into digestible, musical bits. Suddenly, you can feel better, which is why the crowd swooned and raised their hands, again, like a rollercoaster. They made you excitedly feel like a kid who knew and actually got what he wanted for Christmas. I know that seems like a silly, even small, analogy. Yet, adults are just grown-up kids trying to learn to accept that life does not always gift you with what you want. Still, when it does, put on some Savoir Adore music to cerebrate, of which next year promises a Full Bloom or rather the second half of their new record! For More Information On Savoir Adore Click Here.
