New EP from Erik & The Worldly Savages

Originally hailing from Toronto, Canada, Erik Mut has lived an exciting life filled with wonder and adventure. Having left his hometown in 2008, he moved to the Serbian capital Belgrade after feeling the pull of Eastern European and Mediterranean culture and sounds.

Going on to start a touring band, his outfit known as Erik & the Worldly Savages was formed soon after he arrived in the Balkans and has since become a phenomenon around Europe with their energising live shows and their enticing message that encourages people to venture beyond their own culture and explore the world.

Commenting on the sonic project, Erik shares, “I started Worldly Savages from my own need to break free and travel the world, singing songs which help the like-minded transcend culture and become global citizens.”

Delighting scores of fans all over the continent across more than 250 live shows, with the band’s studio music, they made their introduction in 2017 with the debut album Culture vs. Destiny. Now they bring us their latest work with their new EP titled Break Free! featuring six tracks that captures the sentiments of wanting to escape the monotony of Western life.

Infused with their lively and fiercely original sound, they blend elements of folk, punk and rock music to deliver their profound messages wrapped up in compelling arrangements of bouncy rhythm and colourful instrumentation. Across Break Free!, Erik & The Worldly Savages serve up a captivating journey of unique music, and lyrics that truly make you reflect on life.

Closed by the rousing “Burn My Life”, on the final song of the EP, Erik comments, “I wrote this song recalling a time in 2008 when I was leaving my life in Canada and moving to Serbia to launch Worldly Savages, become a singer songwriter and take music seriously. I knew that I had to leave my life in Canada behind to find inspiration and possibility in a new country. At the time, somebody said that the hardest part was to get to the airport, where you could see all of your past as a finished chapter. This brings possibility to the future.”

Listen to Break Free! below