Hippopotamus
On the first proper Sparks album in nearly a decade, the Mael brothers let existential anxiety into their bouncy music more overtly than usual.
Hippopotamus feels like the latest volume in an alternate cultural history formed of all the weird things that only Sparks are audacious enough to make songs about.
Twenty-odd albums in, the wit and ambition that got Sparks to this point remains intact on new album Hippopotamus.
Since their inception over 45 years ago, Sparks have always seemed more like an art project more than a proper band. And like any reputable...
Fewer and fewer living artists today can claim to be songwriting men-of-all-seasons like brothers Ron and Russell Mael, the creative force behind Sparks.
23 albums in and with almost 50 years in business on the clock, one might expect Sparks’ ‘Hippopotamus’ to be something of a lumbering
Our review of Sparks' 'Hippopotamus' finds them as weird as ever, making for an album that while well written may be more for their devoted fans.