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Posted on August 1 2008
With their debut album 'Postcards' just released, Sydneysiders Sparkadia have been embraced as the new darlings of the UK press scene, with influential music mag NME declaring that frontman Alex Burnett's voice "is like having warm honey poured in your ears".
The four-piece have been traversing the UK playing festivals like Glastonbury, T in the Park, Wireless, Oxygen and V, and have shows in Spain, France and Germany all coming up. They'll then return to Australia for a huge national run of dates with Faker in September before kicking off the Australian summer at Homebake.
It's been a huge year for Sparkadia. 'Postcards' hit the ARIA album chart at an impressive #23 and was chosen as triple j's feature album, the band toured with Jimmy Eat World, Vampire Weekend and The Thrills before selling out their own Australian headline tour. Now with the UK press behind them, they're set to take on the world.
The Sydney-based four-piece excel at sunny, optimistic guitar pop - The Sunday Times (UK)
"Sunshine drenched pop tunes": Album of the week Men's Health
"A phenomenally uplifting album": 8/10 The Music Magazine
"12 tracks of uplifting, lilting, and at times, ethereal summer tunes" The Sun
"They have an orchestral, anthemic grandeur that is all their own" TNT
"the Sydney four-piece make jagged, searing retro-pop and debut album Postcards is fulla it
" The Fly
New single 'Jealousy' has just hit radio and TV, with a slightly controversial video clip doing its best to engage and confuse viewers. Wedding cake anyone? Watch it here: www.youtube.com/ivyleaguerecords and judge for yourself what's really going on
Tour dates are:
Thursday 4th September Prince Of Wales, Bunbury, WA
Friday 5th September Metro City, Perth, WA
Saturday 6th September Settlers Tavern, Margaret River WA
Friday 12th September Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 13th September Wrestpoint Showroom, Hobart, TAS
Sunday 14th September HQ, Adelaide, SA
Thursday 18th September The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 19th September Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast, QLD
Saturday 20th September Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW (licensed and all ages) |
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