New Seasons

My gosh, how mankind has NEEDED this music! The Sadies, no matter what you want to call it, have created the basis for music that will make mankind happier in years to come. The harmonies behind the lyrics and melodies strike a "feel good" chord in human souls!Likened to the Byrds at their creative and musical best, this (and their first cd) emanates a kind of a countryish rock that is world class stuff - but beyond normal music industry same-old-another-rock-band...these guys have vision, and creative musical talent that should be played to the world....I wish that I had the vocabulary to generate how important, how creative this group is, and how well they put it together. Sadies - keep going! Tho' they're not as well known, their music is everybit as good, creative, heartwarming as all the world-class bands and musicians out there....rock - country - folk - it's all there!

It's crazy how good this album is. "What's Left Behind", "Anna Leigh", "The Trial", and "My Heart of Wood" are some of the best songs I've ever heard. Album closer "The Last Inquisition Pt. 5" might be my favorite instrumental ever recorded by any artist. I was late to discover The Sadies, hearing this album for the first time in 2013. Since then I've been regularly buying other CDs from their back catalog, and while I've liked them all, "New Seasons" is still my favorite. Every time I listen to this album I wonder how this band hasn't become huge.

"New Seasons" (2007) is a great album, and since discovering it and "Favourite Colours" (2004) I've been listening to both non-stop.With "New Seasons" the Sadies move toward a psychedelic sound, and de-emphasize the country rock twang of "Favourite Colours" a bit, and the songs on "New Seasons" are even better!The lyrics are included, but in small print and all run together in one long text with no separation or headings so you can see which song corresponds to which words. Annoying.The Sadies are one of my best recent discoveries. I am glad I finally caught up with them!(verified purchase from Amazon.co.uk)

Reading the initial reviews of The Sadies' latest record, "New Seasons" (Yep Roc YEP 2148), one could quickly compile a laundry list of named cool musical influences, that will make a dude's or a lass's head spin. Of course, that's what Toronto's Sadies do so well--weave diverse musical influences into a seamless whole and make it look easy. I could join the fray and drum up yet another list of influences in this review that would maybe further titilate the alt.country or indie music connoiseur to scramble out and buy this nifty record but I'll leave that task to the other guys.I like this album because it sounds good, plain and simple. The guitars chime and twang in all the right places. Good, Good, Belitsky and Dean even sing harmonies on several tracks. Gary Louris's production is first rate, as he allows the Sadies to play their distinctive brand of alt.country tinged rock and roll with deftly added pop textures that will hopefully bring the Sadies to a much wider audience. I mention pop textures because when one clears away the heaps of "cool" musical references, there is solid pop at the core of "New Seasons". I hear country-rock chords of the Outlaws "Green Grass and High Tides" on "What's Left Behind". I also hear the haunting instrumental melody of Kansas's folk-infused "Dust in the Wind" on "Anna Leigh", and I hear the spooky re-verbed guitars of Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well Pts. 1 & 2" on "The Last Inquisition (pt.V)". Now name dropping three seemingly un-cool 70's bands may be wacked (have I lost my alt.country credibility and otherwise general hipness in all things neo-trad?), but I hear what I hear...and I hear strong pop melodies in The Sadies' new songs. The Sadies have pulled off quite the skillful feat, since they shroud their latest record in all sorts of garage rock and cult-band sounds but at the heart of their tales of ecological doom and human despair is a rock solid pop record of the kind that was made in the 1960's and 1970's by such artists as, The Byrds, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, and Gordon Lightfoot...just to name a few "pop" musicians. Too square or dated for you? Well for all of their musical attempts to capture the far-out sounds of the then new acid-drenched consciousness that erupted in the summer of love, bands like The Byrds, Pink Floyd, and Fleetwood Mac, grounded their musical trips in road tested country, rock and blues back beats, pop vocal harmonies and hooky jangly guitar licks.Oh yeah, this album is a trip, but don't be fooled by all of the critics who are eagerly falling all over themselves spewing out the names of as many obscure musical influences they can "hear" on "New Seasons". The Sadies are too smart a band to just splatter musical paint. No, the Sadies finally have mixed the perfect blend of pop, rock and country and created a fragile yet sturdy pop masterpiece that you can dance to and think about. Yeah, believe the other critics and reviewers when they say that these guys are that good but I believe it but for different reasons. The Sadies are that good because they have brought pop sensibilities to alt.country without compromising their unique sound and distinctively Canadian vision one bit. Mother nature's in trouble and men shall face an ultimate judgment someday, but for now just sit back and groove on the coolest music this side of Lake Ontario, eh!

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