Darker Circles

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Darker Circles
The Sadies Darker Circles Front Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 27, 2010
Genre Alt country
Length36:07
Label Yep Roc Records
Producer Gary Louris
The Sadies chronology
Country Club
(2009)
Darker Circles
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club A− [2]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Darker Circles is a 2010 album by Canadian alt-country group The Sadies. It was released on April 27, 2010, on Yep Roc Records.

Contents

The album was a shortlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. [4]

Darker Circles was named top album of the year in Exclaim! magazine's 2010 Folk & Country Year in Review. The album was praised for its richly detailed storytelling, "staying on top of the Sadies' progress over the past decade has been a wild ride. Aside from an endless string of collaborations, each album has edged closer to psychedelic country-rock perfection. The biggest obstacle has always been raising their songwriting game to the same level as their instrumental prowess, and that has finally been accomplished on Darker Circles." [5]

Track listing

All tracks written by The Sadies except where noted.

  1. "Another Year Again" – 3:18
  2. "Cut Corners" – 3:20
  3. "Another Day Again" – 2:06
  4. "Tell Her What I Said" – 4:53
  5. "The Quiet One" – 3:26
  6. "Postcards" – 2:41
  7. "Whispering Circles" – 3:12
  8. "Idle Tomorrows" (Gary Louris, The Sadies)– 3:28
  9. "Choosing To Fly" – 2:16
  10. "Violet and Jeffrey Lee" – 3:13
  11. "10 More Songs" – 4:14

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References

  1. Deming, Mark. "Darker Circles - The Sadies". AllMusic . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. Murray, Noel (May 25, 2010). "Album Review". The A.V. Club . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  3. "Tiny Mix Tapes Review". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  4. Thompson, Ciaran (2010-09-20). "Karkwa win 2010 Polaris Music Prize". Aux. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  5. Jason Schneider, Exclaim! Magazine