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Sparklehorse
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Sparklehorse is Mark Linkous, a Virginia native and last of a long line of southern coalminers. Linkous records much of Sparklehorse’s material in his home studio, and his Southern Gothic vision guides Sparklehorse. Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Minor is a frequent collaborator.
Much of Sparklehorse’s music has an introspective, melancholy feel, which Linkous credits to a chemical imbalance. His lyrics are full of odd imagery: Joe Tangari describes Linkous’ songs as “defiantly surrealist … with all manner of references to smiling babies, organ music, birds, and celestial bodies … In fact, some of the lyrics are so surreal that it’s hard to imagine they’re even metaphors for anything.” [2]
Musically, Sparklehorse are not far removed from alt country, though there are as many differences as similarities between that genre and Sparklehorse: Linkous is fond of incorporating obsolete musical instruments or technologies (such as woozy mellotrons, scratchy, distorted wire recordings of his own voice, or cheap, tinny drum machines), in ways reminsicent of some of Tom Waits’ music. Sparklehorse have offered a few full-throttle hard rock numbers, as well, such as “Some Day I Will Treat You Good” or “Happy Man”.
Sparklehorse’s first album was the confoundingly-titled Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (1995). The record was a modest success, mainly on college radio. The supporting tour, however, found Linkous overdosing on valium and antidepressants.
Much of Sparklehorse’s music has an introspective, melancholy feel, which Linkous credits to a chemical imbalance. His lyrics are full of odd imagery: Joe Tangari describes Linkous’ songs as “defiantly surrealist … with all manner of references to smiling babies, organ music, birds, and celestial bodies … In fact, some of the lyrics are so surreal that it’s hard to imagine they’re even metaphors for anything.” [2]
Musically, Sparklehorse are not far removed from alt country, though there are as many differences as similarities between that genre and Sparklehorse: Linkous is fond of incorporating obsolete musical instruments or technologies (such as woozy mellotrons, scratchy, distorted wire recordings of his own voice, or cheap, tinny drum machines), in ways reminsicent of some of Tom Waits’ music. Sparklehorse have offered a few full-throttle hard rock numbers, as well, such as “Some Day I Will Treat You Good” or “Happy Man”.
Sparklehorse’s first album was the confoundingly-titled Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (1995). The record was a modest success, mainly on college radio. The supporting tour, however, found Linkous overdosing on valium and antidepressants.
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Good Morning Spider
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Don't Take My Sunshine Away
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Piano Fire
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It's A Wonderful Life
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Gold Day
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Shade and Honey
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Getting It Wrong
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Sea Of Teeth
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Return To Me
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Apple Bed
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See the Light
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Some Sweet Day
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King Of Nails
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Eyepennies
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More Yellow Birds
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Shoutbox
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nerdpizza wrote:
sparklehorse is unique
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markives09 wrote:
Beautiful stuff, and an awesome live act too!
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lindsatthedisco wrote:
Absolutely Brilliant! ^^ ♥
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allancoote wrote:
oh man morning hollow all the way
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MikeS459 wrote:
Just finished my last beer, on an evening I wanted to finish on a beautifuled end.....always lloking for more Grandaddy-esk beauty, someone please show me more, happy bliss, everyone enjoy :-) )))))) BIG GRIN
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Bcheyoung wrote:
like his own style :P 'dark night of the soul' is awesome
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acousticalex wrote:
there is just nothing like sparklehorse.
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Koyo123 wrote:
"Morning Hollow" and "Some Sweet Day" make me want to cry and slit my wrists. It's way too depressing, but at the same time, I can't stop listening to it. Why does Sparklehorse have to be such a misnomer?
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Envisaomdoden wrote:
Amazing music! If you enjoy this you will surely enjoy Steve Von Till
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SpaceLlama wrote:
I woke up in a horse's stomach, one foggy morning.
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nothere413 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Sparklehorse/+images/3266175 http://www.last.fm/music/Sparklehorse/+images/3266175 http://www.last.fm/music/Sparklehorse/+images/3266175 http://www.last.fm/music/Sparklehorse/+images/3266175 http://www.last.fm/music/Sparklehorse/+images/3266175 VOTE IT UP, PEOPLE.
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mands_chaplin wrote:
I'm absolutely in love with sparklehorse! Good morning spider is awsome and I'm addicted to it <3
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Muffinigans wrote:
It's a wonderful liiiiiiife...
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kjinu wrote:
his voice is awesome!
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Lord_Krichian wrote:
nice
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FlintGF wrote:
What's "Long Ten Years" from?
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onitorment wrote:
Hey, join the group. http://www.last.fm/group/Proud+To+Be+Brief
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moreyellowbirds wrote:
i wanna be a pig, i wanna fuck a car
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Eeluon wrote:
Sparklehorse. Mmm.
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freevolt wrote:
The agony of the (feat). :D
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Dark Night Of The Soul
27 May 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/sparklehorse
Sparklehorse & Dangermouse team up to bring you Dark Night Of The Soul. James Mercer of The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Julian Casablancas. …
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boopsbaydo, nostalgicowl, PeteConnelly and 24 other people added Sparklehorse to their libraries. 5 minutes ago
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nalwor wrote about Sparklehorse in Albums of the Year 2009. Thursday evening
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Andragorn, withlegions, bigcrazyhippo and 1 other person added Sparklehorse to their libraries. Thursday evening
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CvaldaVessalis wrote about Sparklehorse in Dibder's New Music Series: Entry 11. Thursday afternoon
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Raphael_Senger tagged Sparklehorse with ‘alternative’. Thursday morning
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Raphael_Senger, fo_x-hunter, shhitsc and 5 other people added Sparklehorse to their libraries. Thursday morning
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XKiwi tagged Sparklehorse with american and singer-songwriter. Wednesday morning
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thethedelicious, syphon989, goldghosts and 4 other people added Sparklehorse to their libraries. Tuesday evening
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Schlockischlo tagged Sparklehorse with ‘i will listen to this shit for the rest of my life’. Tuesday afternoon
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