Bird Machine

In the year before he died, Mark Linkous hit the studio with Steve Albini. Fourteen years later, those unreleased sessions reveal a bittersweet cocktail of beauty and torment.

Bird Machine is a resonant final word from an enormously talented singer-songwriter. While Mark Linkous clearly struggled with depression, Sparklehorse often feels as if it’s soaked in light and infused with love, even as it evokes melancholy and…

Rarely had a posthumous release felt so emotionally fitting, so lovingly rendered; Bird Machine is a worthwhile coda to Mark Linkous’s legacy.

Read MOJO’s verdict on Sparklehorse’s fifth, posthumous album, Bird Machine.

Album Reviews: Sparklehorse - Bird Machine

Sparklehorse - Bird Machine review: I woke up and all my yesterdays were gone