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- Date Released: January 1, 2007
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop, Rock
- Label: Yep Roc Records / Redeye
A consistently thrilling synthesis of this Toronto band's core country and garage rock impulses.
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We Say...
Though this Torontonian concern, based around the perfectly named brothers Dallas and Travis Good, have yet to achieve widespread acclaim outside their native Canada, they don't want for the appreciation of their peers. Their 2006 live album, In Concert Volume 1, featured guest appearances by, among others, former member Neko Case, Canadian country band Blue Rodeo and former Jayhawk Gary Louris — Louris stuck around to produce New Seasons, and Giant Sand's Howe Gelb also contributes piano to one track. 2007's New Seasons is by some stretch the Sadies' best album, a consistently thrilling synthesis — or, when the mood suits, bashing together — of their core country and garage rock impulses (they can progress with startling grace from the angry clatter of "The First Inquisition" to something like "What's Left Behind," almost so graceful that Louris himself could have written it). These songs are short, the majority stating their case in comfortably under three minutes, but they're also sharp — there's no reason why any fan of the Old 97s, for example, should not also love the Sadies.
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They Say...
It's almost disorienting to imagine that a band as good as the Sadies can still find room to improve each time they go into the studio, but Canada's greatest contribution to Americana since Blue Rodeo have been consistently topping themselves with each new album, and their sixth, New Seasons, is another triumph. It should come as no surprise that the Sadies are in superb instrumental form here and demonstrating an effortless mastery of a range of different sounds and styles; "What's Left Behind" is a superb evocation of the late-period Byrds with guitar work that would make Clarence White envious, "The Trial" is a deeply atmospheric Southern gothic tale with just the right degree of ominous atmosphere, "A Simple Aspiration" could pass for a lost Paisley Underground classic with its subtly psychedelic guitar figures, "The Land Between" is simply gorgeous folk-rock, and the opening bluegrass breakdown makes you wish these guys had let listeners hear more than 48 seconds of it. But for a band that used to prefer playing instrumentals over approaching the vocal mike, brothers Dallas Good and Travis Good have learned to sing nearly as well as they play guitar, and their harmonies add another layer of beauty and mystery to their music. The group's songwriting continues to impress, with the heartbroken "Sunset to Dawn" and "The Trial" sounding uncannily like lost country classics and the two-part "The Last Inquisition" showing they know how to write a good scary guitar figure for themselves. While ex-Jayhawk Gary Louris helped produce New Seasons, precious little of his influence is audible here; the Sadies have created a powerful and evocative sound on their previous albums, and with New Seasons they've given that sound its ideal definition.
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| 01. |  |
Introduction |
0:47 |
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| 02. | |
The First Inquisition (Part 4) |
2:32 |
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What's Left Behind |
3:16 |
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| 04. | |
Sunset To Dawn |
2:52 |
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| 05. | |
Yours To Discover |
3:34 |
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| 06. | |
Anna Leigh |
3:21 |
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| 07. | |
The Trial |
3:40 |
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| 08. | |
My Heart Of Wood |
3:04 |
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| 09. | |
A Simple Aspiration |
2:33 |
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| 10. | |
Wolf Tones |
2:02 |
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| 11. | |
Never Again |
2:36 |
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| 12. | |
The Land Between |
2:36 |
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| 13. | |
The Last Inquistion (Part 5) |
2:55 |
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13 Total Tracks, 35:48 Total Length
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Credits
- James Bailey - Publicity // Angie Carlson - Publicity // Sean Dean - Bass // Sean Dean - Group Member // Ken Friesen - Engineer // Brian Good - Guitar (12 String) // Bruce Good - Autoharp // Larry Good - Banjo // Gary Louris - Guitar // Gary Louris - Vocals (Background) // Gary Louris - Producer // Gary Louris - Mixing // Howe Gelb - Piano // Rick White - Layout Design // Mike Belitsky - Drums // Mike Belitsky - Group Member // Patrick Duffy - Assistant // Dallas Good - Guitar // Dallas Good - Keyboards // Dallas Good - Vocals // Dallas Good - Group Member // Travis Good - Fiddle // Travis Good - Guitar // Travis Good - Vocals // Travis Good - Group Member // Peter J. Moore - Mastering // Margaret Good - Vocals (Background) // Amanda Schenk - Photography // Paco Loco - Engineer // Hank Stockard - Radio // Muni Paco - Vocals (Background) // Muni Paco - ?
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