Introducing Sparks

Relocating back to Los Angeles and utilizing a crew of slick American session musicians, the idiosyncratic Mael brothers pursue a highly polished, localized pop-rock sound. The resulting album maintains their trademark lyrical wit, falsetto acrobatics, and melodic theatricality, albeit filtered through a heavily produced West Coast studio aesthetic. It marks a brief, polarizing transitional phase before their impending pivot toward electronic dance music.