New Age Thief

 The story of NEW AGE THIEF begins with an ending. By 2021, Gino Savarino had begun winding down his solo project Safe Bet, an acoustic-turned-full-band emo endeavor that had garnered more 5 million Spotify streams as well as national esteem in the underground from fans and media alike. He longed for an outlet that would allow him more musical freedom, unburned by expectations and aided by a new drive for collaboration, and he found it alongside drummer Brady Corcoran, another fixture in the close-knit Chicagoland scene.

Together, the pair spent the next two years melding influences both shared (Jimmy Eat World, Basement) and distinct (Savarino’s love of nu metal and “disgusting” heavy music; for Corcoran, indie-rock cool like Death Cab for Cutie) into what would become their debut EP, MEMENTO. Produced by Brett Romnes (Hot Mulligan, Mom Jeans) and released via Wax Bodega, the EP introduces New Age Thief with an alternative rock and emo sound that’s all at once classic but updated for modern times, holding their genre forefathers in high regard without being beholden to the past. It marries the kinetic energy of sweaty VFW halls with the pose and lyrical maturity of bands twice their senior, from the fuzzed-out, groove-heavy “Circle The Room” and driving “Under Your Wing” to the dynamic, ascendant title track.

 

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