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Sparks are reissuing five albums on vinyl and have shared a rare track, ‘It’s A Sparks Show’ – check that out below.The brothers are re-releasing five albums from 2000-2009: 2000’s ‘Balls’, 2002’s ‘Lil’ Beethoven’, 2006’s ‘Hello Young Lovers’, 2008’s ‘Exotic Creatures of the Deep’, and 2009’s ‘The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman’.The albums, which have all been re-mastered, will be available on vinyl and CD this spring, and each release comes with new bonus material. It’s the first time ‘Balls’ has been pressed on vinyl.The reissues of ‘Balls’, ‘Lil’ Beethoven’ and ‘Hello Young Lovers’ are out April 29, while ‘Exotic Creatures Of The Deep’ and ‘The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman’ will arrive on May 17.You can listen to ‘It’s A Sparks Show’ here:Last month, Edgar Wright’s documentary film about Sparks won Best Music Film at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.“We’re so honoured to be given the finger by NME,” Russel Mael said while accepting the award remotely.

The Sparks Brothers has won Best Music Film at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The Edgar Wright-directed documentary about the band Sparks beat out Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, Oasis Knebworth 1996 and Questlove’s Summer Of Soul for the win.“We’re so honoured to be given the finger by NME,” Russel Mael said while accepting the award remotely. “Thanks to the great director Edgar Wright and the whole team who made this wonderful film,” he added.His brother Ron Mael, also shared his “thank you”, noting that he was “deeply appreciative of this award” before throwing up a celebratory middle finger.

Who are Sparks? What are they about? That’s exactly what Edgar Wright’s outstanding new documentary “The Sparks Brothers” tries to unpack and demystify. Because Sparks is not only a versatile art-pop band (chiefly brothers, Ron and Russel Mael), but they’re a highly eclectic, trailblazing rock group that’s fairly elusive and mysterious to a lot of people, even music connoisseurs.