Sparks: Mad! (2025)

The Mael brothers Ron and Russell may be in their 70s but they still love pop music with wit and ambition. So here are the very funny Don’t Dog It (asking a holy man for spiritual advice), minimalist pop, the ridiculously catchy JanSport Backpack and Running Up a Tab at The Hotel For The Fab and much more. Not just anyone can write a tribute to the California freeway and claim it is better than the Danube, Seine and the Thames. Kooky guys, clever pop.

Next: FKA Twigs, Eusexua; Empire of the Sun, Ask That God

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