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- Summary: The debut full-length release for the Australian singer-songwriter was co-produced with Adrianne Lenker.
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- Record Label: Sacred Bones
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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UncutFeb 25, 2021Sparke emphasises the intimacy and immediacy of her performances on this debut, which sounds like you've walked into her rehearsal space. [Feb 2021, p.35]
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Feb 25, 2021Everything is in service to her voice, which mingles sensuality and menace, soothsaying and foreboding.
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Feb 25, 2021Sparke deals more in intangible feelings and imagery than precise and name-dropping detail, and the fact is that most of Echo was completed prior to the pandemic forcing a rift between them. Lenker’s instrumental contributions are minimal; she plays gently beside Sparke on a few songs. ... Indeed, the production helps maintain the focus on Sparke throughout.
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Mar 3, 2021Echo is a tangible realization of Sparke’s meditations on the fleeting nature of the most intense of relationships. Coloring the songs within the narrow range of pre-dawn shades only serves to heighten their intensity.
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Dec 22, 2021Sparke touches on poetic remembrances of people, places, and joys as well as the more preoccupying struggles, making for a mature and poignant introduction.
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Mar 8, 2021Echo is an offering with a success that can be judged in the way it evokes such imagery, notwithstanding the fact it wears its influences so visibly.
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MojoFeb 25, 2021Echo mostly plays safe, but signs of where Sparke can stands alone include Dog Bark Echo's red-desert heat, Everything Everything's jabbered vocal and dissonant piano, and a particularly devastated Bad Dreams. [Apr 2021, p.81]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Jun 14, 2023
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