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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] It is a collection of b-sides and live tracks. [1] ... "Happy Pig" (live) 4:01: Total length ...
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]
Sparklehorse fans had long since given up hope. They knew Mark Linkous, the haunted and brilliant leader of the Virginia-based indie-rock project, had been working on a new Sparklehorse record at ...
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 ...
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Bird Machine received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 86 out of 100 from 9 critic scores. [8] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Heather Phares writing that "the chance to connect with his music for the first time once again is something like a miracle" and continued that "listening to ...
The quintessential Christmas crush song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 in 2019—25 years after its initial release! 2. Nat King Cole, "The Christmas Song"
The Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse episode included the following music videos, with their respective directors or talent. [7] "Maxine" ("Gold Day EP" song) – Scott Minor (Drummer, Sparklehorse) "Gold Day" – Danny Clinch "Dog Door"/"Heloise" – Brothers Quay "Morning Hollow" – Braden King "Comfort Me" – Peter Ortel "Devil's New" – Grant Gee