Sad13 - Haunted Painting

Pitchfork 76

On the second album under her solo alias, the Speedy Ortiz frontwoman uses maximalist electronic pop to explore youth, self-perception, and a reckoning with her past.

The Guardian 60

(Wax Nine)
The US multi-instrumentalist stops at nothing on her ambitious yet playful second solo album

The indie rock of Speedy Ortiz – Sadie Dupuis’s main vehicle – has often taken wayward musical paths. Dupuis’s music has DIY roots, but has long eyed up more grandiose sounds.

On her second solo outing as Sad13, the east coast Philadelphia transplant has given in to gaudy maximalism, piling on concepts and ambition – PC Music and orchestral pop are just two reference points. Take Care offers up a strings’n’flute fantasia while the Pavement-flavoured WTD? unleashes electric sitar.