SAADI announces new album Birds of Paradise and Shares New Single "Homo sapiens"

SAADI announces new album Birds of Paradise out September 4 on
Switch Hit Records Shares New Single "Homo sapiens"

Stream: "Homo sapiens" on All Digital Platforms or YouTube

On September 4, SAADI, the solo project of Syrian-American multidisciplinary artist Boshra AlSaadi, will release her anticipated sophomore album Birds of Paradise on Switch Hit Records (pre-order). A fixture of New York’s experimental and indie scenes, AlSaadi has performed internationally with acclaimed acts like TEEN and Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang, and brings a background in visual art, anti-folk, and diasporic storytelling to her musical work.

Today, SAADI is excited to share the album's latest pre-release single, “Homo sapiens.” The song debuted at Magnet Magazine and is now available on all digital platforms for playlist shares.

On the song, SAADI's Boshra AlSaadi says:

"The difficult decision of whether or not to have children in the face of all they might suffer. How a disability could influence that decision. This song was very painful to write but functioned as therapy for me. It was recorded at Valis in California, with additional synth tracking at Rosen Sound in LA. I was lucky enough to play on a Yamaha CS80 there, which really added to the emotional quality of the track."

Born in Damascus, Syria, and raised in Pennsylvania, Boshra AlSaadi is an artist whose journey has been marked by creativity and resilience. Shaped by NYC’s East Village anti-folk scene during her tenure at the Cooper Union School of Art, she co-founded Looker (Serious Business Records) and later joined NYC luminaries TEEN (Carpark) and Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang (Luaka Bop), touring internationally and playing stages like Bonnaroo and the Kennedy Center. After being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in her 30s, AlSaadi channeled her experiences into songwriting and production, collaborating with fellow NYC musicians like Jennifer Vanilla and Jason McMahon, and producing records by AJ Lambert.

Now based in Los Angeles, the multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, producer, photographer, videographer and painter brings all her talents to bear as SAADI. Her forthcoming album, Birds of Paradise, was written and performed by AlSaadi, with additional production by Chris Coady (Beach House, DIIV) and mastering by Randy Merrill (Taylor Swift, Adele, Addison Rae). The record blends analog synths and programmed beats with guitars and layered vocals, exploring themes of domination, populism, feminism, and humanity’s uneasy relationship with biology and technology.

“Birds of Paradise is a post-apocalyptic record for me. It was culled from the ashes of so much destruction. I had lost some mobility and the ability to tour. My collaborator and friend had passed away unexpectedly. America was pivoting to the right. I was disillusioned about everything: art, music, politics, religion, relationships, justice, family. After dramatically disavowing art and music, I enrolled as a biology student at CUNY. The hard sciences rocked me! I was underweight, underslept, and miserable. I met Chris Coady, who saw my accomplishments and said, “You’re an artist. You’re a producer.” Magic encouragement! I knew he was right. I came running back to music, song by song, moved to LA, writing and recording wherever I could. It has been over 4 years. Post-truth, post-pandemic, post-mobility, but also post-person, Birds of Paradise describes and is born of a quest for meaning in our disintegrating world.”