• Record Label: Yep Roc
  • Release Date: Jul 22, 2022
Metascore
88

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Jul 21, 2022
    100
    A flurry of emotion — joyful and pointed — and clattering noise blending into haunting sparseness, this is the record the Sadies have been working on capturing for their entire existence. Thankfully, and with bittersweet timing, they got it done when we most needed them to, making the best record that has ever been made by anyone. Ever.
  2. Jul 28, 2022
    90
    The Sadies created something very special here, and Dallas Good was rightly proud of this work.
  3. Jul 22, 2022
    84
    This is far and away the best the band has ever sounded on record. ... Then there’s the songs, which are perhaps the strongest collection both Dallas and Travis have assembled since their 2010 masterpiece Darker Circles. The majority of the material here finds the band playing in their muscular, gothic mod-garage mode, with the two brothers singing in perfect, spectral harmony.
  4. Jul 25, 2022
    80
    If the Sadies had set out to make a final statement—and let’s be clear, they did not—they could hardly have done better than Colder Streams, a swirling, trippy summation of their journey so far. ... The whole album is great.
  5. Mojo
    Jul 21, 2022
    80
    Its sure-footed '60 psych, garage and country is potently rendered. [Aug 2022, p.89]
  6. Uncut
    Jul 21, 2022
    80
    The Sadies’ nebulous country-rock moves through glistening psychedelia (“Message To Belial”), gorgeous string ballads (“All The Good”) and fierce garage fuzz (“Ginger Moon”). [Aug 2022, p.31]
  7. 80
    The 11th release from the Toronto-based, foursome certainly contains some of The Sadies’ finest work. Colder Streams is one of the group’s most diverse sets.
  8. Jul 21, 2022
    80
    It’s the sound of The Sadies that we’ve enjoyed for over two decades now. The band and the producer are proudly calling it the best album that the band’s ever made.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Aug 23, 2022
    10
    This is the final record of the Sadies that features lead lyricist and rhythm guitar player, Dallas Good. The Sadies are one of the mostThis is the final record of the Sadies that features lead lyricist and rhythm guitar player, Dallas Good. The Sadies are one of the most underrated bands I think that has ever existed, and it’s bittersweet with Dallas's passing that they released the best album of their catalog. I would consider this a perfect album in the same realm as The Ramones - The Ramones, The Strokes - Is This It, The Beatles - Revolver, Beach Boys - Pet Sounds, Steely Dan - Aja, ect.

    Listen and buy this record. It’s a modern day masterpiece.
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