Through the Sparks – LAZARUS BEACH

Vinyl LP pressing. Through the Sparks' release, Lazarus Beach was their first official full-length recording for Skybucket Records. The collection includes the cream of a twenty-plus song crop, recorded at the band's Alamalibu Studios in the first half of 2006. While hosting several Birmingham guest musicians and utilizing the band's multi-instrumental talents, it keeps Through the Sparks' guitar-and piano-rock format at the forefront. While there are still the noise and synth-laden marshes, horn and big-harmony choruses and crescendos loom over beds of ukulele, honky-tonk piano, funeral home organ and pedal steel. Of course, there's still a copious amount of gleaming guitars and a few signature triplet beats.

1. L. Roi
2. Mexico (Every Last Buffalo)
3. Archetype
4. Falling Out of Favor with the Neighbors
5. Action Figure Graveyard, Pt. I
6. Action Figure Graveyard, Pt. II (Lazarus Beach)
7. The Smile of Your Shadow
8. Porcelain Delorean [Segue a]
9. Local Moon
10. Only the Messenger
11. There There Dear [Segue B]
12. The Final If and When
13. A Natural Machine

Label: Skybucket Records

Catalog: 21

Genre: Rock