SAADI
"Birds"
Playing at: Cameo Gallery [http://cameony.com/] (93 N. 6th St.,
Williamsburg)
Get: Tickets ($8 at door) | Directions [http://bit.ly/8dYyod]
Saadi's upcoming EP Bad City
[http://seriousbusinessrecords.com/releases/show/58-Bad-City-12-] is
unfortunately timed: it drops just a month after the first album in
ten years by British songstress Sade. Here's hoping the Smooth
Operator doesn't steal any of Saadi's thunder; one listen to "Birds"
will tell you the two are not to be confused. You may recognize Boshra
AlSaadi, the group's Damascus-born songwriter and namesake, as the
leader of the New York pop-punk outfit Looker
[http://www.myspace.com/looker]. AlSaadi brings some of Looker's
aesthetic to her solo project, but tosses in the kitchen sink as well.
"Birds" sports thick synth sounds in the vein of the Rentals, some
Lady Gaga-esque filtered vocals, and an echoey inside-out drumbeat
straight out of the Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.
