“For Sadie Dupuis – one of slacker rock’s most thought-provoking and observant wordsmiths – the idea of taking an artistically safe route is an offensive one. The Speedy Ortiz songwriter, vocalist and guitarist initially wrote the band’s third album in 2015, but on November 8 2016, Donald Trump was elected US president and the world got a hell of a lot uglier; suddenly those self-described “lovey d”
“Sadie Dupuis would have been a natural pop star. With her clear, sweet voice and a high-watt smile, the Speedy Ortiz singer and guitarist has the kind of aesthetic that makes big-name song doctors and major-label record executives twitch with avarice. Yet Dupuis is no mass-market ingenue. Despite toying with a glossy pop sound on “Get a Yes,” an anthem to consent from her 2016 solo record Slugger,”
“Speedy Ortiz give themselves a clever makeover on Twerp Verse”
“Speedy Ortiz’s third album is wry, acerbic, and full of hidden hooks. The songwriting of singer-guitarist Sadie Dupuis has hit a new peak of clarity.”
“The world is being swallowed up by slime. At least, it is according to Speedy Ortiz. The video for ‘Lucky 88’, the lead single off new album ‘Twerp Verse’, shows just that: a viscous, toxic green ooze seeping across the ground and threatening to consume everything in its path. The clip explores our absorption in technology and a reluctance to engage with the wider world, even (or maybe especially)”
