SPARKLING bubble over on the bubbling “Hey Hey Hey”

“We Are Right here to Make You Really feel,” proclaims the title of SPARKLING’s upcoming sophomore album. Make you are feeling what, precisely? That’s the million-pound query.

Particularly for the reason that pandemic started, it appears as if everyone has been overwhelmed with emotion at one time or one other. So it is smart that in each nook you look, ‘straightforward listening’ has been dominating the charts. Evident from Taylor Swift’s chamber pop opus folklore attaining smash success throughout lockdown, to the minimalistic retro tune “Cupid” by Okay-Pop quartet FIFTY FIFTY taking the world by storm this yr.It’s not as if anybody needs to really feel any much less — we simply all need to really feel issues aside from soul-crushing nervousness and despair. We crave gentler issues, gentler music.

That’s exactly what SPARKLING ship on their newest launch, “Hey Hey Hey”. A shot of serotonin, the brand new monitor gives a style of a brighter, softer type – a far-cry from the band’s first album, I Wish to See Every thing, which was lathered with brash post-punk cuts. That’s to not say that the trio have deserted their roots, nevertheless, with “Hey Hey Hey” nonetheless sustaining the fuzzy electrical guitar, spirited vocals, and touches of synth discovered of their debut.

The essence of SPARKLING remains to be there, however these parts are fastidiously positioned in a serene, summery monitor harking back to late 2000s–early 2010s indie pop-rock. It’s like a Mika or Ardour Pit track refitted for our reveries in these unusual occasions. “This track ought to really feel like a heat hug,” they clarify, “It is about liberating your self from loneliness and nervousness by spending time with somebody. Generally the one factor that helps to get out of your individual damaging headspace is to exit, get firm, and do one thing out of your consolation zone.”

Regardless of the clear influences, SPARKLING’s lush sound is exclusive and shaped from many alternative locations. Its three band members grew up in Cologne, Germany, then moved to London in 2015 shortly after college, and their debut album even featured lyrics in French too. Within the making of their new file, We Are Right here To Make You Really feel, they spent a while in an deserted college in France in addition to visiting an previous Belgian village, giving the sound they created a definite Europop flavour and anthemic high quality that transcends tradition.

What do they need to make us really feel in any case? “Hey Hey Hey” is effervescent, however removed from a simplistic portrait of untainted happiness. The lyrics and musical ornaments additionally current themes of worry and doubt.
It’s secure to say that by way of this new album, they’ll make their listeners really feel a spectrum of feelings once more. This time, nevertheless, their method is extra delicate, with out sacrificing the core of their sound.