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worm moon waning released




today the new through the sparks album finally officially gets released. its been complete for about a year, and was released digitally back in march. the physical release is based on the artwork of merillee challis and chris lawson, with addition graphic design by vic denali. it has been released as a digipak in the states and multiple online outlets.

i didn't play on the album, but i've played pretty much all of these songs live and feel connected to them that way. although it took 3 and a half years between albums, through the sparks is already putting the final recording in place for a release of 2010 singles and are well into recording another full length that should be out by the end of 2011. not too shabby.

we are playing a cd release show for worm moon waning this saturday at bottletree with rubys and sunny so brite. this show will signify the end of an era and the beginning of another for through the sparks. the new line-up is pictured above. the album cover and release show poster are below, as well as some links for purchase and the video for hotrock constellations, the first track off the new album. this video was directed by tym cornell with post-production by greg slamen. we made a video for the same song over a year ago with director adam wingard, but for various reasons, we weren't 100% sold on the final edit.

also, here's the latest review for worm moon waning. since being released digitally in the spring, the record has gotten some favorable reviews and some airplay up north and out west, and as usual, our fanbase is much larger outside of bham. meh.









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