Sparks
Sparks have spent decades reinventing pop music with wit, invention and fearless originality unlike anyone else.
- Featured on Sundown Sessions
- 2 broadcasts
- First featured
- 5 June 2024
- Last featured
- Sundown Sessions #3 19 June 2024
- Tracks played
- 3
About Sparks
Sparks are an American art-pop duo formed by brothers Ron and Russell Mael in Los Angeles. They combine witty, literary songwriting, Russell’s theatrical vocals and Ron’s deadpan keyboard presence with a restless appetite for reinvention, from “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us” and Giorgio Moroder-era synth-pop to Lil’ Beethoven, FFS, The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte and MAD!. Their film work on Annette and the documentary The Sparks Brothers have helped introduce their singular catalogue to new listeners.
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Releases Featured on Sundown Sessions
Tracks Featured on Sundown Sessions
- At Home, At Work, At Play from Propaganda (1974)Featured on:
- Beat the Clock from No. 1 In Heaven (1979)Featured on:
- Propaganda from Propaganda (1974)Featured on:
Featured on Sundown Sessions
Sundown Sessions #3
Featuring Blue On Shock
Sundown Sessions #1
Featuring The Big Now
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