Slugger
by Sad13
Günter Bertling
Jess Muskin Pierret
kolya_nh
Liz Bustamante
Kris
Matthew Lowe
Megan Seling
Ben
Roberts Atvars
Daniel Oxenhandler
Caroline Wolfe
Benjamin Birdie
Lucy Gabriel
annieebee
maura johnston
Josh Shulkin
Kristin Allison
Sebastian Stirling
Paul
Damien Galban
WraithofKhan
mitchberghini
emilyascanlan
Quinn Karpiak
Chad Walker
Ravensdance
ADAM ALEXANDER
Katsuhiko Hayashi
jaclyn
GDFL
ScottDrummond
Gary Prentice
Sam Dudley
John Cobey
Jon Buran
Tulip Black
Michael L
cicconetooth
Garrett Coakley
Joel Bartley
Laura
Michael Fraser
Justin-Paul Sammons
Nucleotyde
Tim Morris
Kyle Greco
Ramona Donohue
Matt Flint
Elie Spark
Gabriel Schlesinger
Jonathan Burlin
Alexander Peterhans
Jacob Gehman
Caryn Havlik / Mortals
Dale Price
Warsaw
Christine Pallon
Jaye Kovach
Andrew Walters
David Kravitz
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<2
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The Sting
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Fixina
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Get a Yes
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Devil In U
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Line Up
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Just A Friend
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Tell U What
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Krampus (In Love)
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Hype
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about
"Slugger," the debut LP from Sad13 a.k.a. Sadie Dupuis, prioritizes self-possession in every sense. Sadie, who fronts the dynamite grunge-pop band Speedy Ortiz, forewent her usual modes of collaboration on "Slugger," writing and producing the record herself--"to exorcise my control-freaky demons," she says.
After Sadie moved to Philadelphia in early 2016, "Slugger" quickly began to take shape: “I wrote and played and recorded almost all of it in the two weeks I was subletting a friend’s tiny bedroom,” she says. Fittingly, directness, self-determinism, and intimacy are the bedrocks of "Slugger"’s overall tone. Sadie maintains her dignified wit even in less-than-ideal entanglements, as on the album’s opening track, “<2,” styled to resemble the level of affection of which a heart is capable when it’s been twisted out of shape. “I’m in less than two with you,” sings Dupuis, her crystalline voice steadfastly delicate and assured, recalling self-proprietary forebears like Liz Phair and Fiona Apple.
Imitating the reflexive wordplay of "Slugger"’s lyrics, Sad13’s bedroom recordings are largely about bedroom-based themes. She chews on what it means to give and receive consent, sexual and romantic autonomy, finding new modes of enjoying love and boning after destructive partnerships, shredding joyously past misogyny and other exclusionary gender politics, and so many more exploratory, non-exploitative areas of love. Throughout "Slugger," Sadie makes her motives and desires invitingly clear. As she sings on the song "The Sting," “You don’t know how I’d like to say yes”—but she intends to tell you, and to be heard in kind.
"Slugger"--produced by Dupuis, mixed by Gabe Wax (Beirut, Wye Oak, Boots) and mastered by Emily Lazar (Sia, HAIM, Sky Ferreira)--is less rock-principled than Sadie’s other projects, but the talented guitarist makes intelligent work of her instrument throughout the record. The guitar lines are layered with synth melodies written on her laptop and are, occasionally, joined by live drums from Julian Fader (currently of Ava Luna; formerly bandmates with Sadie in Quilty).
This matches Sadie’s penchant for bright, tricky assonance and Wilde-style wit, her verses like sailors’ knots tying her instrumentation carefully in place. Her MFA in poetry from—and stint teaching writing at—UMass Amherst are apparent. This is also true of the rapper, producer, and PhD student Sammus’s guest appearance on the album’s final track, “Coming Into Powers,” where she raps, “I’m a star/ I’m a pulsar.” The song closes the loop on a thought ribboning around Slugger on the whole: As Dupuis sings, “I want a life where I can be who I like / Look at me, looking back at me, recognizing who I see.” "Slugger" identifies an artist and person who, throughout this record, is her own best company.
After Sadie moved to Philadelphia in early 2016, "Slugger" quickly began to take shape: “I wrote and played and recorded almost all of it in the two weeks I was subletting a friend’s tiny bedroom,” she says. Fittingly, directness, self-determinism, and intimacy are the bedrocks of "Slugger"’s overall tone. Sadie maintains her dignified wit even in less-than-ideal entanglements, as on the album’s opening track, “<2,” styled to resemble the level of affection of which a heart is capable when it’s been twisted out of shape. “I’m in less than two with you,” sings Dupuis, her crystalline voice steadfastly delicate and assured, recalling self-proprietary forebears like Liz Phair and Fiona Apple.
Imitating the reflexive wordplay of "Slugger"’s lyrics, Sad13’s bedroom recordings are largely about bedroom-based themes. She chews on what it means to give and receive consent, sexual and romantic autonomy, finding new modes of enjoying love and boning after destructive partnerships, shredding joyously past misogyny and other exclusionary gender politics, and so many more exploratory, non-exploitative areas of love. Throughout "Slugger," Sadie makes her motives and desires invitingly clear. As she sings on the song "The Sting," “You don’t know how I’d like to say yes”—but she intends to tell you, and to be heard in kind.
"Slugger"--produced by Dupuis, mixed by Gabe Wax (Beirut, Wye Oak, Boots) and mastered by Emily Lazar (Sia, HAIM, Sky Ferreira)--is less rock-principled than Sadie’s other projects, but the talented guitarist makes intelligent work of her instrument throughout the record. The guitar lines are layered with synth melodies written on her laptop and are, occasionally, joined by live drums from Julian Fader (currently of Ava Luna; formerly bandmates with Sadie in Quilty).
This matches Sadie’s penchant for bright, tricky assonance and Wilde-style wit, her verses like sailors’ knots tying her instrumentation carefully in place. Her MFA in poetry from—and stint teaching writing at—UMass Amherst are apparent. This is also true of the rapper, producer, and PhD student Sammus’s guest appearance on the album’s final track, “Coming Into Powers,” where she raps, “I’m a star/ I’m a pulsar.” The song closes the loop on a thought ribboning around Slugger on the whole: As Dupuis sings, “I want a life where I can be who I like / Look at me, looking back at me, recognizing who I see.” "Slugger" identifies an artist and person who, throughout this record, is her own best company.
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released November 11, 2016
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Sad13 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
sad13 is a cyborg dog astrally projected from the recent past to save the middle school dance. sadie dupuis is sad13.
