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Through the Sparks

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Years active
  
2003 - present

Record label
  
Skybucket Records

Labels
  
Skybucket Records

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Website
  
throughthesparks.tumblr.com

Members
  
Jody Nelson - vocals, guitar, piano, organ James Brangle - piano, organ, guitar Greg Slamen - bass guitar, piano, guitar, organ Shawn Avery - drums, vocals Nikolaus Mimikakis - guitar, vocals

Past members
  
Grey Watson Thomas Mimikakis Michael Shackelford Guest Appearances: Chad Fisher - horn arrangements/trombone Gary Wheat - saxophone Duquette Johnston - vocals Kate Taylor - vocals Preston Lovinggood - vocals Omari Thomas - trumpet

Origin
  
Birmingham, Alabama, United States (2003)

Albums
  
Transindifference, Lazarus Beach, Worm Moon Waning

Genres
  
Rock music, Psychedelic music, Alternative rock

Similar
  
Future Elevators, Vulture Whale, The Dexateens, John Strohm, Wild Sweet Orange

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Through The Sparks is a Birmingham, Alabama-based psychedelic/folk rock band formed in 2003. The band received critical success following the release of their first full-length LP, Lazarus Beach, in 2007. Their sound is often characterized by lush instrumentation and precise arrangements. The band utilizes both traditional instruments and a variety of electric pianos, guitars, organs, eccentric percussion, horns and synthesizers.

Contents

Through the Sparks has remained on the independent label, Skybucket Records for their entire catalog which initiated with the EP, Coin Toss EP in 2005, followed by a limited edition collection of early demos called Audio Iotas: Scraps for the Human Ear later that year. The band's full-length records are Lazarus Beach released in 2007 and Worm Moon Waning released in 2010.

Almanac - MMX - Year of Beasts, "a collection of 12 singles released over the course of 2010, monthly," was released June 21, 2011. Most recently, Through The Sparks released the Alamalibu EP, named for their East Birmingham, Alabama studio, on June 19, 2012.Alamalibu EP featured the single and video 'Angel Fix.' A career spanning retrospective collection of live recordings, live-in-the-studio recordings, remixes and previously unreleased material titled Invisible Kids - was released digitally in January 2014.

In August 2014, Through The Sparks began mixing what is planned to be their 3rd full-length release.

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Songs

L RoiLazarus Beach · 2007
The Final If And WhenLazarus Beach · 2007
The DrivewayTransindifference · 2016

References

Through the Sparks Wikipedia