THE SADIES
''INTERNAL SOUNDS''
OCTOBER 1 2013
34:08
1 /The First 5 Minutes
The Sadies/5:11
2 /So Much Blood
The Sadies/2:58
3 /The Very Beginning
The Sadies/3:33
4 /Starting All Over Again
The Sadies/3:30
5 /The Very Ending
The Sadies/1:26
6 /Another Tomorrow Again
The Sadies/2:28
7 /Another Yesterday Again
The Sadies/3:24
8 /Leave This World Behind
The Sadies/3:12
9 /The Lesser Key
The Sadies/1:27
10 /STORY 19
The Sadies / Mike Stax/3:33
11 /We Are Circling
The Sadies / Buffy Sainte-Marie/3:26
Mike Belitsky /Drums
Sean Dean /Bass
Dallas Good /Guitar, Organ, Vocals
Travis Good /Fiddle, Guitar, Vocals
Gary Louris /Vocal Coach
Buffy Sainte-Marie /Adaptation, Mouth Bow, Vocals
REVIEW
by James Christopher Monger
At their best, the Sadies have always sounded like the missing link between the 13th Floor Elevators and The Byrds, and it only takes about ten seconds into "The First Five Seconds," the lead-off track from the ballsy, broken, and blisteringly solid Internal Sounds, to back that notion up. The first "official" Sadies album since 2010's equally terrific Darker Circles (the band released three collaborations in between, one with punk-blues legend Andre Williams (Night and Day), one with X-man John Doe (Country Club), and one with familial Canadian bluegrass outfit The Good Brothers (The Good Family Album); it’s also the first Sadies long-player to be produced solely by singer/guitarist Dallas Good (longtime producer/collaborator Gary Louris (The Jayhawks) gets credit for “vocals coached” and “fortunes read”). Internal Sounds both solidifies and expands on the veteran group’s signature tone, beefing up the punk-infused, psych-rock twang without losing any of the technical mastery and subtle nuances of the playing, especially on big, standout cuts like “Another Tomorrow Again,” the aforementioned opener, and the stunning Smithereens-meet-The Kinks rocker “Very Beginning,” the latter of which offers up a hundred reasons why Neko Case and others hold the group in such high regard and so often look to them for help on the stage and in the studio. It’s not all “Blood and Roses” and “Powerman,” though, as the band’s country-folk predilections yield a pair of high and lonesome juke-joint gems in “So Much Blood” and “Leave This World Behind,” and a swirling and surreal “Tomorrow Never Knows”-inspired invocation of hope in the Buffy Sainte-Marie-led closer “We Are Circling,” proving that might doesn’t always require volume.
BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
Led by brothers Dallas and Travis Good, the Toronto-based Sadies honed a distinctive sound, taking influence from traditional country, surf music, and garage rock. After attracting notice and adding backing singer Neko Case, the group issued its debut LP, Precious Moments, in 1998. Tremendous Efforts followed in early 2001, teaming them with Breeders/PJ Harvey producer Steve Albini for the second time. A year later, Stories Often Told marked their first album without Albini, placing Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor in his position. The Sadies produced themselves on 2004's Favourite Colours, with Keelor, Nick Luca, and Chris Shreenan-Dyck handling the engineering duties; Robyn Hitchcock made a guest appearance as vocalist and lyricist on one track. After gaining more recognition while backing Neko Case on tour -- which resulted in a live album, The Tigers Have Spoken, The Sadies recorded an album in collaboration with R&B legend Andre Williams, one with Mekons frontman Jon Langford, and then released a live album of their own, In Concert, Vol. 1, in 2006. Soon after, in September 2007, Yep Roc released the band's rousing seventh studio album, New Seasons, followed by a 2009 classic country/honky tonk collaboration with X's John Doe called Country Club. In 2010, The Sadies returned to the studio for the full-length Darker Circles. In 2012, Night & Day surfaced, a second collaborative album with Andre Williams. The sessions for Night & Day had begun in 2008 amid Williams' troubles with drugs and the law, but were rounded out a few years later once he'd cleaned up his act and gotten sober. The Outside Music-issued Internal Sounds followed in October 2013.
The Sadies/5:11
2 /So Much Blood
The Sadies/2:58
3 /The Very Beginning
The Sadies/3:33
4 /Starting All Over Again
The Sadies/3:30
5 /The Very Ending
The Sadies/1:26
6 /Another Tomorrow Again
The Sadies/2:28
7 /Another Yesterday Again
The Sadies/3:24
8 /Leave This World Behind
The Sadies/3:12
9 /The Lesser Key
The Sadies/1:27
10 /STORY 19
The Sadies / Mike Stax/3:33
11 /We Are Circling
The Sadies / Buffy Sainte-Marie/3:26
Mike Belitsky /Drums
Sean Dean /Bass
Dallas Good /Guitar, Organ, Vocals
Travis Good /Fiddle, Guitar, Vocals
Gary Louris /Vocal Coach
Buffy Sainte-Marie /Adaptation, Mouth Bow, Vocals
REVIEW
by James Christopher Monger
At their best, the Sadies have always sounded like the missing link between the 13th Floor Elevators and The Byrds, and it only takes about ten seconds into "The First Five Seconds," the lead-off track from the ballsy, broken, and blisteringly solid Internal Sounds, to back that notion up. The first "official" Sadies album since 2010's equally terrific Darker Circles (the band released three collaborations in between, one with punk-blues legend Andre Williams (Night and Day), one with X-man John Doe (Country Club), and one with familial Canadian bluegrass outfit The Good Brothers (The Good Family Album); it’s also the first Sadies long-player to be produced solely by singer/guitarist Dallas Good (longtime producer/collaborator Gary Louris (The Jayhawks) gets credit for “vocals coached” and “fortunes read”). Internal Sounds both solidifies and expands on the veteran group’s signature tone, beefing up the punk-infused, psych-rock twang without losing any of the technical mastery and subtle nuances of the playing, especially on big, standout cuts like “Another Tomorrow Again,” the aforementioned opener, and the stunning Smithereens-meet-The Kinks rocker “Very Beginning,” the latter of which offers up a hundred reasons why Neko Case and others hold the group in such high regard and so often look to them for help on the stage and in the studio. It’s not all “Blood and Roses” and “Powerman,” though, as the band’s country-folk predilections yield a pair of high and lonesome juke-joint gems in “So Much Blood” and “Leave This World Behind,” and a swirling and surreal “Tomorrow Never Knows”-inspired invocation of hope in the Buffy Sainte-Marie-led closer “We Are Circling,” proving that might doesn’t always require volume.
BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
Led by brothers Dallas and Travis Good, the Toronto-based Sadies honed a distinctive sound, taking influence from traditional country, surf music, and garage rock. After attracting notice and adding backing singer Neko Case, the group issued its debut LP, Precious Moments, in 1998. Tremendous Efforts followed in early 2001, teaming them with Breeders/PJ Harvey producer Steve Albini for the second time. A year later, Stories Often Told marked their first album without Albini, placing Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor in his position. The Sadies produced themselves on 2004's Favourite Colours, with Keelor, Nick Luca, and Chris Shreenan-Dyck handling the engineering duties; Robyn Hitchcock made a guest appearance as vocalist and lyricist on one track. After gaining more recognition while backing Neko Case on tour -- which resulted in a live album, The Tigers Have Spoken, The Sadies recorded an album in collaboration with R&B legend Andre Williams, one with Mekons frontman Jon Langford, and then released a live album of their own, In Concert, Vol. 1, in 2006. Soon after, in September 2007, Yep Roc released the band's rousing seventh studio album, New Seasons, followed by a 2009 classic country/honky tonk collaboration with X's John Doe called Country Club. In 2010, The Sadies returned to the studio for the full-length Darker Circles. In 2012, Night & Day surfaced, a second collaborative album with Andre Williams. The sessions for Night & Day had begun in 2008 amid Williams' troubles with drugs and the law, but were rounded out a few years later once he'd cleaned up his act and gotten sober. The Outside Music-issued Internal Sounds followed in October 2013.
