Well, it may be in Dutch, but it’s 5 stars…(The Amsterdam concert was fantastic and the band want to thank the Dutch and Belgians who travelled to Amsterdam for the warm reception and the great album review below!) from Van Mond tot Oor Sparks: Hello Young Lovers Gut Records: GUTCD53 Sterren: Ons Oor op zijn… Read More
Bands that have been performing for more than 30 years are often categorized in the cultural doldrums known as “lite rock.” But not for art rock legends Sparks. Their 24th album (20th actual studio album), titled Hello Young Lovers has recaptured this writer’s love for the flamboyant duo. This album has raised the bar of… Read More
TimeOut New York Sparks Hello Young Lovers (In the Red) Having assimilated disco (No. 1 in Heaven), new wave (Angst in My Pants) and U.K. dance culture (Plagiarism) over the past three decades, Sparks’ Ron and Russell Mael have now seen fit to revisit their roots as absurdist prog-rockers—on a grand scale. Like 2002’s Lil’… Read More
VOTE FOR SPARKS IN MOJO MAGAZINE’S ANNUAL MOJO HONOURS LIST Either fill in the voting form in the new issue of Mojo (front cover of Elvis) or go to [url=http://promo.emapnetwork.com/mojo/honours2006/]mojo4music[/url] Let’s make sure Sparks get the honour they deserve
Sparks Hello Young Lovers In The Red 2006 B+ Let’s face it: there aren’t many bands around these days with Sparks’ knack for writing good songs about really stupid shit. Which is good for them, because the perhaps slightly audacious opening gambit they’ve gone for with this, their four-hundred and twelfth album, is a sprawling… Read More
Spin : “…these glam-rock auteurs up the theater-major quotient, from the “Bohemian Rhapsody” boast of “Dick Around” to the winking-metaphor, country-rock anthem “Can I Invade Your Country?,” delivering their best punch lines over and over again…” B + LA Times : “`Hello Young Lovers’ ramps everything up with witty, even more densely packed compositions that… Read More
To celebrate the release of “Hello Young Lovers” in the US, Sparks will make a rare radio appearance in LA on Steve Jones (the former Sex Pistol’s) great radio show Jonesy’s Jukebox on Indie 103.1 FM. They will be on between 12noon and 2PM on Tuesday March 21 so tune in to hear the latest… Read More
In this Sunday’s (March 19, 2006) LA Times Calendar Section: [b][i]Sparks:[/i][/b] [b][i]Skilled In The Area of Pop Arias [/i][/b] [b][i]”Hello Young Lovers” (In the Red)[/i][/b] As startlingly original as was Sparks’ previous album, 2004’s “Lil’ Beethoven,” the veteran L.A. duo seemed to paint itself into a corner. How do you follow a work that defied… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Sparks to headline Big Chill Festival The incomparable Sparks will headline the main “Open Air Stage” on Saturday August 5th at the Big Chill Festival. A Sparks album is unique and their current record Hello Young Lovers is drawing unparalleled acclaim – “Sensational – right now no one else in the world is… Read More
Tuba Records release Hello Young Lovers in Norway