It's impossible to separate The Sadies' eleventh studio album from the tragedy that surrounds it, even if it's not informed in any way by it; though it was completed last summer, Colder Streams is released mere months after the shocking and untimely death of co-founder/vocalist/guitarist Dallas Good. His loss will be deeply felt by many, especially family and peers in the music community, for a long time to come; that said, the album that contains his presumed final contributions is a hell of a note to go out on, as it were. Coming five years after previous LP Northern Passages , Colder Streams further refines the psych-tinged, smoky roots rock the group have been perfecting since their inception close to a quarter century ago. Clocking in at a lean 32 minutes, this is a taut and filler-free distillation of what's made The Sadies one of Canada's most endeared rock bands. Assisted by the production of Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry, Colder Streams also fea...
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