A. Savage, also of the rock band Parquet Courts, has announced his second solo album, Several Songs About Fire. The project is set to arrive on October 6 via Rough Trade Records. To celebrate the news, he’s shared its lead single “Elvis in the Army,” a rollicking, guitar-led cut with galloping drums and Savage’s signature sardonic delivery. “Most things are over, the old world is gone,” he deadpans.
Several Songs About Fire is bolstered by the support of Jack Cooper (Modern Nature, Ultimate Painting) and Cate Le Bon, as well as members of Kamikaze Palm Tree and caroline. “Elvis in the Army” follows the previously shared “Thanksgiving Prayer” and is accompanied by a music video shot in Paris and directed by Emile Moutaud.
Of the track, Savage explained: “We often describe ourselves in geographic terms. American, New Yorker—two terms that I’ve used to identify myself that have to do with being from or of a certain place. So ‘Elvis in the Army’ is a bit of an inventory of those labels. They have less to do with geography than we realize. Really we’re just talking about ourselves, then framing certain characteristics geographically. No matter where I live I’ll have an American psyche until the day I die, for better or for worse. I’ll always be of America. And I can’t imagine a time where New York doesn’t feel like home. But despite that, I’d rather not be associated with a place, at least for now.”
Check out the video for “Elvis in the Army” below, and pre-order Several Songs About Fire here.
