Through the Sparks
Label: SkybucketGenre: Pop
If you'll excuse the blatantly obvious for a second, one of the awesome things about the Internet is that you don't have to be in New York, L.A., Chicago, Boston, Austin, or one of a handful of anointed college scenes to get noticed. Although, no matter where you are, you need a MySpace page come hell or high water. Through the Sparks aren't in one of the Chosen Towns—they're in Birmingham, Alabama, which by all accounts has a thriving local scene but probably won't make any "The next" lists nonetheless. Plus, get this, Through the Sparks record in an actual garage. How…quaint. It's enough to make you regain faith in American music. It also helps that the music itself is easy on the ears: a thinking feller's mix of guitar and piano rock that's both down-home and sophisticated. Any inherent Birmingham-ness or Southernness in general you might be looking to place on these polished pop articles will be as elusive as the band's lyrics are charmingly obtuse. Maybe that's the other awesome thing about the Internet: you can be from a scene without necessarily being of it—provided you're on MySpace.
Mexico (Every Last Buffalo) [MP3, 4.5MB, 128kbps]
Falling Out of Favor with the Neighbors [MP3, 2.8MB, 128kbps]
www.throughthesparks.com
www.skybucket.com
myspace.com/throughthesparks
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