(Photo Credit: Natalie Piserchio)
Praise for Sad13 + Haunted Painting:
"Sadie Dupuis makes songs that are peppy, excitable, and delightfully off kilter while still delivering acerbic social commentary...resulting in a maximalist creative blowout that tackles trauma, toxic masculinity, and ecological collapse." - The New Yorker
"a synth-pop earworm for your isolated summer...this one’s a glittery affair, with a retro-pop feel that compliments her velvety vocals." - Rolling Stone (Song You Need To Know)
"As she lyrically paints vivid pictures of mental-health diagnoses, indie-rock misogyny, and disappearing from existence, she fills each canvas with endless layers of glossy, bouncy pop music, juxtaposing weary eyes with a smile..." - Pitchfork
“...both some of her most infectious and most adventurous music ever in the process" - New York Magazine’s Vulture
"Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis can make righteous anger feel more like an uproarious slumber party...Dupuis’ knack for crafting ebullient grooves that are simultaneously warm musical blankets manages to wrap her often fierce and provocative lyrics in unexpectedly sweet packages" - AV Club
"Haunted Painting takes the project to another level entirely...one of Dupuis’ most significant releases to date."
"While a painting is tethered to one moment, to call it haunted imagines an entire life behind it. Haunted Painting is much the same. Beneath a veneer of synth pop, bubbly beats, and deft lyricism hides loss, mental health struggles, and environmental disasters... Haunted Painting serves in many ways as a memoriam, but it’s also a tribute to the memory of those lost, and a commitment to keep moving forward." - MTV News
"one of the most perceptive songwriters in music...returns with a bold reimagining of modern pop under her solo moniker Sad13....with Dupuis’ razor-sharp turns of phrase paired with maximalist synth-pop arrangements and some of the more indelible hooks of her career." - Billboard
"Haunted Painting is not just an album — it is a dramatic, three-act play living inside of a fairytale world that frequently takes dark twists and turns." - The FADER
"With the album inspired by everything from ’80s pop to PC Music-style shattered electronics, “Ghost (of a Good Time)” seems like an apt introduction to Haunted Painting. It’s bright, a bit corroded, chirpy, but a little eerie." - Stereogum
"Sadie Dupuis's alter ego is vibrating with technicolor basement pop and phantom rock." - Bandcamp Daily
“one of indie rock’s best writers” - Paste Magazine
“Dupuis continues to expertly moulds tongue-in-cheek humor, sly political commentary, and self-assured quips into effervescent and playful pop-punk-adjacent tunes."- UPROXX
"a well-crafted record that balances weighty lyrics with eminently catchy songwriting." - Under The Radar
"The guitars lurch, preen, follow the melody and carve their own path all at once, serving as the perfect partner-in-crime and counterpoint to the song’s bubbly electronics and sneaky hook. Though catchy as hell, this song cuts deep, and definitely encourages multiple listens - not that you’ll need the encouragement anyway." - Guitar World on “Oops…!”
Sad13 - a.k.a. Sadie Dupuis, frontdemon of Speedy Ortiz - released her self-produced sophomore solo album Haunted Painting a few weeks ago, and today, just in time for Halloween, she shares two new spooky videos. First, Sadie and the full Sad13 live band make a ghoulish NPR Tiny Desk debut, via their (At Home) series. Additionally, she shares an animated video for album highlight “The Crow.” Watch the Tiny Desk performance now HERE and check out “The Crow” HERE. Read more from Sadie on “The Crow” below.
“The Crow” wound up the heaviest song on Haunted Painting, although the demo was originally inspired by Clairo and solo Rob Crow. I started the lyrics on a 22-hour layover in L.A. after hearing of David Berman’s death, trying to process the loss of an artist whose keen writing helped make sense of a convoluted world. Waiting to fly home, I posted up at Taix, a favored haunt of another favorite writer, Eve Babitz. Her work couldn’t be more different from Berman; in Black Swans, she writes about weekending at the Chateau Marmont during the L.A. riots, oblivious (“faint-hearted bottle blonde hiding out until the smoke just passes,” I wrote in the lyrics.) It can be tempting to embrace frivolous luxury when horrific shit happens nearly every day and your brain’s had enough.
Jono Ganz is a great illustrator who has done music videos for friends’ bands like Supermilk and Cheerbleederz. On this one, he drew inspiration from mid-20th century film title cards, horror and otherwise. I spotted Spider Baby, The Dunwich Horror, and Halloween among his references, but also Bond movies and Bonjour Tristesse (surely also a favorite of Babitz.) I love typography and text art so it was a treat for me to have Jono bring this song and its words alive alongside some very cute movie monsters.
Sadie Dupuis is one of the most prolific creators, let alone songwriters, in the independent space. Between Speedy Ortiz and Sad13 releases, she has miraculously found time to co-feature on a track with Lizzo, release a critically acclaimed poetry book, run her own record label, establish a poetry journal, co-curate a full-length and star-studded tribute to the late Adam Schlesinger, and find time to work with No Music for ICE, the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers, in addition to her unwavering advocacy for countless other issues.
Dupuis’ first release for her own label, Wax Nine (Johanna Warren, Melkbelly), Haunted Painting marks Dupuis’ return to artmaking after reconciling with a delayed processing of grief. Recorded at a variety of studios across the U.S., Haunted Painting was made exclusively with women engineers, including Sarah Tudzin of Illuminati Hotties, and features vocal contributions from Helado Negro’s Roberto Lange, Deerhoof’s Satomi Matsuzaki, Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs, and Pile’s Rick Maguire. On this album, Sad13 weaves timely societal critiques into rushing hooks and whip-smart wordplay that’s all still a blast, making for one of the most essential releases you’ll hear all year.
Purchase, download or stream Haunted Painting now HERE.
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