Musicians love the Sadies. Everybody from hipster-approved guys like Steve Albini and Howe Gelb to iconic vets like Ronnie Hawkins and Garth Hudson drool over the band's singular interpretation of "cosmic American music," to steal Gram Parsons' famous phrase. What's more, the Mekons' Jon Langford, the lovely Neko Case, and noisemaker Jon Spencer have all enlisted the Sadies as their backing band at one time or another.

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The Sadies are effectively reaching the second act that many of their heroes never saw. And if New Seasons is any indication, it's going to be a great one. Who knows? Maybe someday we'll be calling this stuff "cosmic Canadian music."

- Justin Farrar, Cleveland Scene

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