Art-pop pioneer Russell Mael on Sparks' 24th album 'A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip' and dreams of collaborating with The Weeknd More than 50 years into a career that has seen them turn their Midas touch to everything from operatic glam-rock to poppers-boshing disco, from operas about Swedish director Ingmar Bergman to supergroups with Franz Ferdinand, cliché-resistant art-pop pioneers Sparks are in a unique position for a legacy band in that they’re still sounding as fresh as ever.
This week, brothers Russell and Ron Mael are back with their 24th album ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’ – a typically diverse collection of musically-rich, witty, off-kilter gems about lawnmowers, time-zones, and Igor Stravinsky.
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