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It is the fifteenth and most recent installment of the collaboration project by Konkurrent and the final release by Sparklehorse before the death of leader Mark Linkous in 2010. Fennesz had previously appeared on Sparklehorse's 2006 album Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain , and, following a number of live shows together, both ...
Although it was Sparklehorse's first studio album in five years, approximately 25 minutes of the 55-minute-long record were released in some form previously, dating from the sessions for the It's a Wonderful Life album. "Ghost in the Sky" was originally released on the Japanese pressing of It's a Wonderful Life. "Shade and Honey" appeared on a ...
It's a Wonderful Life is the third studio album by American musical act Sparklehorse, released in the UK on June 11, 2001 [1] and in the US on August 28, 2001 [2] by record label Capitol/EMI. The album features appearances by Tom Waits , PJ Harvey , John Parish , Nina Persson and Dave Fridmann .
Matt and Melissa knew Linkous’s music better than anyone. Before Sparklehorse, Matt played with his brother in a long-forgotten band called Salt Chunk Mary. “It was a bit more aggressive than ...
Before forming Sparklehorse, Linkous fronted local bands Johnson Family and Salt Chunk Mary. Only one song, "Someday I Will Treat You Good", survived from these earlier bands to be played by Sparklehorse. Linkous said he chose the name Sparklehorse because the two words sounded good together and could be a loose metaphor for a motorcycle.
Distorted Ghost is an EP by Sparklehorse, released in 2000. [3] [4] [5] ... "Happy Pig" Taken from a BBC Radio 1 evening session; Mark Linkous - Voice, Guitar & Tapes;
Not wanting to record a guitar solo for the song, Linkous instead discovered what he wanted for the tune's middle section when he called home to check his messages. The lyrics for "Spirit Ditch" include the line "horse-laughter is dragging pianos to the ocean", which was inspired by a scene from the Luis Buñuel film Un chien andalou. [12]
The album features a hand-numbered 100-plus-page book of photos taken by David Lynch, said to be a visual narrative for the music. [7] This book was limited to 5,000 copies. This was the final album that Sparklehorse leader Mark Linkous completed before his suicide on March 6, 2010, although In the Fishtank 15 —recorded in 2007—was released ...