the sadies

August 4, 2010

Opener: The Joys

Like another acclaimed group of Canadians, The Band, The Sadies are as renowned for their collaborations as for their own releases: from the set of classic country covers with Doe on 2009's Country Club, they've worked with Neko Case and recorded albums with The Mekons' Jon Langford (The Mayor of the Moon), cult soul legend Andre Williams (Red Dirt) and others.

No agenda. No motive. Only the idea to create some damn good music--that was the driving force behind The Sadies' latest installment, Darker Circles.

The follow-up to The Sadies' acclaimed last record, Country Club, recorded with punk icon John Doe, Darker Circles showcases the band at the top of its game after more than a decade of fine tuning its chops. Guitarist brothers Dallas and Travis Good, drummer Mike Belitsky and bassist Sean Dean offer the band's signature swirl of alt-country, psychedelic garage rock and surf mixed with Dallas' somber and introspective lyrics to make a finished product that is brooding and soul-searching but never at once heavy.

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