Parquet Courts’ Andrew Savage Launches New Band Iconic Fugues With “2025 Dream/2025 Blues”

Andrew Savage has a new band. The Parquet Courts member, sometimes known to release solo joints under the name A. Savage, has launched Iconic Fugues today with debut single "2025 Dream/2025 Blues." It's a shuffling folk-rock track that technically encompasses two songs' worth of lyrics, though it plays as one seamless six-minute piece.A word from Savage, who is now based in Marseille:Two songs in one! Really it’s just about a guy who wakes up from a dream only to be confronted with a series of increasingly consequential, harsh realities. It’s a blues song where the grievances range from petty to dire. It was written in 2025, as you’d imagine, but nearly everything I sing about is still very much on my mind. As I write this all out it sounds bleak, but I don’t find it to be a bleak song. I think it’s just amazing the way a fun guitar solo can draw a bit of sun out from behind the clouds.Listen below.A few days ago Savage introduced Iconic Fugues in an interview with journalist Shaad D'Souza's Instagram-based magazine. D'Souza reveals that Iconic Fugues have a debut album called Sister Uncertain in the queue. In the interview, Savage says this is the first set of songs he's written s...