We caught up with Parquet Courts frontman A. Savage about the relationship between art and capitalism and his new solo album, 'Several Songs About Fire.'
We caught up with the Parquet Courts frontman about the relationship between art and capitalism, finding a musical identity in Denton and his new solo album,Andrew “A.” Savage’s voice is unmissable, iconic and, dare I say it, generational. So few singers or poets have soundtracked my life more viscerally than he has, be it via his 2017 debutor, honestly, anything he’s made across 11 years fronting Parquet Courts—and, perhaps, you feel similarly.
Despite having lived the first 20-odd years of his life in Texas, Savage holds no real affinity for the cowboy chords and Western pastorals that have become largely associated with the Longhorn State in movies, TV and literature. Country music was in his orbit, of course, as it was a focal part of dance culture among rural, working class families. When he was in college, he and his buddies would go to Crazy Horse—a cowboy bar that was also, kind of, a gay bar in town.
It’s a good explanation for why so many musicians opt to build the skeleton of a track with a piano or guitar. Savage has been playing gigs like that around the city, too, just him and his six-string. “There’s a sense of freedom in that, it’s very autonomous,” he adds. “You don’t have to rely on anybody, you don’t have to worry about somebody being late. It’s just you and your song, and I think there’s something really pure about that.
Savage puts a lot of his identity into Parquet Courts and the solo records he makes. He has a whole world of artwork that no one has seen before, but he’s trying to get better at sharing—and is hoping that now, because Rough Trade has started running an Instragram page for him, that they’ll start sharing some of his work there.
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