50 Questions with Art Pop Duo Sparks
Briefly

Sparks, the iconic duo of brothers Ron and Russell Mael, have captivated audiences for over five decades with their genre-defying music. Their breakthrough came in 1974 with the single 'This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us'. Known for their striking onstage presence, their music is characterized by humor, inventiveness, and varied styles. While they often create enchanting albums that deserve wider recognition, they experience bursts of cultural relevance. Their recent projects include collaborations that continue to showcase their creative evolution, asserting their place in modern music.
Their music is too captivating, anachronistic, baroque, mordantly funny and visionary to be tidily summarised in a sentence or two.
In the words of their recent single, Sparks 'do things their own way', consistently creating exceptionally inventive albums which haven't always found the audience they deserve.
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