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Reviews

Through the Sparks: Lazarus Beach

By Aarik Danielsen

Hard to pigeonhole but easy to appreciate, Through the Sparks are a bright star ready to shine for the right audience. [21 August 2007]

By Alan Brown

Through the Sparks are multi-instrumentalists who temper their fondness for prog rock with swathes of barrelhouse piano, grandiose harmonies and sweet southern-soul horns. [31 May 2007]