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In just a few weeks, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis will release her first solo music as Sad13 since 2020’s Haunted Painting<\/a><\/em>, and it’s got some exciting specs. The new mixtape 1331<\/em> comprises 13 “1 minute long-ish songs,” so I guess it’s her very own Whack World<\/em>? Dupuis made it entirely solo and DIY, serving as the lone performer and recording engineer for the first time in 15 years. The first three tracks are out now.<\/p>\n Dupuis tends to use Sad13 to explore electro-pop sounds, and these early tunes fit that mold. They’re called “I Am Now Completely Invisible,” “Art Institute,” and “Watermelon Manicure,” and based on those titles, maybe the proper short-song reference to make here is Guided By Voices. I’m hearing some hyperpop elements on “Watermelon Manicure,” which gets a Dupuis-directed music video, while “Art Institute” is like bubblegum Colleen Green with a real gnarly undercurrent. The miniature epic “I Am Now Completely Invisible” might be the best of the bunch, but all three are extremely cool.<\/p>\n In a new Billboard<\/em> interview<\/a>, Dupuis says 1331<\/em> was inspired by “Philly malarkey.” She was already upset with mayor Cherelle Parker for a number of reasons while writing the material. Then, between writing and recording, she shattered her elbow when a motorist drove into the bike line and sent her flying, which magnified her critiques of Parker’s transportation policies and led to the new song “People\u2019s Loser.”<\/p>\n “It\u2019s shocking I wasn\u2019t killed,” Dupuis says. “I went over the handlebars, I hit my head, I was cut all over my body. A week later, a young doctor was killed on the same street by a car doing the same thing: driving into the bike lane.”<\/p>\n Speaking of doctors, she says some of them wondered whether she’d ever play guitar again after her injury. But she believes mentioning she was recently included on Rolling Stone<\/em>‘s list of the 250 greatest guitarists of all time<\/a> helped her get the best treatment. “I\u2019ve never dropped something like that,\u201d Dupuis told Billboard<\/em>, “but I found it very helpful in navigating the orthopedic-industrial complex. I wound up suddenly with the premier orthopedic surgeon at the hospital. I go to the Sixers\u2019 PT person and I go to the Eagles\u2019 PRP [platelet-rich plasma injection] person. They take insurance. [The doctors] pass my name along because they\u2019re like, \u2018Guitar player!'”<\/p>\n She also says the production was influenced by seeing Rebecca Black and the Hard Quartet in the same week, which is fun. Hear the three new tracks below.<\/p>\n