A singer and songwriter from Sydney, Australia who counts Joni Mitchell and Neil Young among her formative influences, Indigo Sparke came to the attention of acclaimed folk-rock group Big Thief following the release of her debut EP in 2016. She soon took her tender, acoustic indie folk songs on tour in support of the band and recorded echo, her full-length debut, in 2019, with Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker and their longtime producer, Andrew Sarlo, among its production team. Bandmembers also contributed performances to the ...
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A singer and songwriter from Sydney, Australia who counts Joni Mitchell and Neil Young among her formative influences, Indigo Sparke came to the attention of acclaimed folk-rock group Big Thief following the release of her debut EP in 2016. She soon took her tender, acoustic indie folk songs on tour in support of the band and recorded echo, her full-length debut, in 2019, with Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker and their longtime producer, Andrew Sarlo, among its production team. Bandmembers also contributed performances to the album's spare arrangements. While reminiscent of the brittleness of Lenker's solo material, the songs are all Sparke, whose ethereal, world-weary vocals and intimate lyrics define the set. It opens with the sighing "Colourblind," whose strummed guitar and light drums set a gentle backdrop for a searching lead guitar line that echoes the song's sinuous rumination and lines like, "Been waking with bad dreams/Been walking with shaky knees/And I feel colourblind when I'm with you/There is no remedy for my shade of blue." Though the record never breaks free from its plaintive state, "Bad Dreams" carries a soft-spoken sense of urgency a third of the way through the track list, and "Dog Bark Echo" offers a dramatic spoken-word interlude at the album's midpoint. It's followed by the relatively assertive "Golden Age," whose amplification, occasional spectral effects, and direct lyrics provide a point of tension before a despairing third act that ends with "Everything Everything" and the resigned if graceful conclusion that "Everything is dying...Everyone is dying/Everything is simple." In the process of arriving there, Sparke touches on poetic remembrances of people, places, and joys as well as the more preoccupying struggles, making for a mature and poignant introduction. ~ Marcy Donelson, Rovi
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