?? | On their incomparable new album, Sparks protest predictability, obliterate the ordinary and demand utmost respect. With moments of sheer beauty, frenzy, dissonance, harmony, pure genius???it rocks!! It is cinematic and bold, lyrically liberal. It may not win a Grammy???rather an Academy Award. It's music for smart people.
Never, NEVER, has there been an auditory assault of such magnitude presented in the realm of pop music. When Sparks' last album Lil' Beethoven hit the streets critics lauded and applauded, fans smiled smugly with overdue vindication and fellow musicians wept when faced with the reality that, once again, Sparks had raised the bar by which all other albums should be judged. Now the Angeleno brothers Ron and Russell Mael present Hello Young Lovers, their 20th album. To achieve such enormity and expansiveness Ron and Russell Mael worked in a limitless vacuum for the best part of 18 months.
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