
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Sparkle Hard
Sparkle Hard, the new album by ex-Pavement front-person, Stephen Malkmus, and his revolving group of Jicks is light ’n’ breezy, head-down heavy, audacious, melancholic and reflective, goodtime and bodacious and it pulls off the smartest trick: it’s both unmistakeably The Jicks and - due to the streamlining of their trademark tics and turns, plus the introduction of some unexpected flourishes (Auto-Tune, a fiddle, guest vocalist Kim Gordon, one seven-minute song with an acoustic folk intro) - The Jicks refashioned.
TRACKLIST:
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Cast Off
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Future Suite
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Solid Silk
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Bike Lane
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Middle America
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Rattler
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Shiggy
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Kite
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Brethren
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Refute
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Difficulties / Let Them Eat Vowels
LP pressed on 180g vinyl; includes download code
LP pressed on heavyweight vinyl; includes download card