Sadie And The Stark
Self-titled, self-released 5-song EP
“Witches”--the first song on a five-track debut EP by local band Sadie And The Stark--is an intriguing introduction to the band’s aesthetics: Lead-singer/guitarist Sadie Rogers’ strong and confident vocal style (not unlike Garbage’s Shirley Manson) is the centerpiece, as she sings about the thrill of desire, with an underbelly of danger: “I want to taste you” and “You are going to answer for the killing/You are going to get on your knees.” “Apocalypse,” with a more seductive and slower tempo, furthers this theme, with Sadie urging multiple times, “Come on boy, do what you do to me.” A three-piece band ably lays down the backing rhythms behind her vocals. “Two Reasons” is a theatrically delivered breakup ballad with a twinge of country acoustics, and, showing instrumental range, “Black Hearted Lover” uses wide-open, distorted guitar chords and rapid snare shots, along with Rogers’ powerful yodels, to tell one more rocking story of ill-fated lovers.
7/10
Click this link and navigate to page 40 for original print version, published in the March 2016 issue of Illinois Entertainer
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