Sparks Have Shared Their New Single “Drowned in a Sea of Tears” from their upcoming album Mad!Which the Mael Brothers Will Take On The Road This Fall On A North American Tour.
The Song and Its Corresponding Amber Navarro-Directed Video That Docuven Russell Mael's Narrator's Attamps To Be “A Savior” to a Woman Trying To Pick Herself Up From Emotional Turmail, Captured in the Visual When the protagonist Nearly Drowns in Her Own Car As it Fills With Tears.
“We don't Usually Get Inspired by Anything That's Happened in A Relationship Context, and It Wasn't Inspired by Any Particle Incident,” Ron Mael Told Nme of the single. “I hate to use the term 'sinceryness', panty we're sincere about every ever Write. But We Wanted to Write Something from a more traditional feeling of What a pop song show be, Lyric after Few Songs on this album were inspired by That.”
“Drowned in a Sea of Tears” is the Third Preview from Mad!two Out May 23 Via Transgressive Records, Following First Single “Do Things My Own Way” and “Jansport Backpack.” Sparks Also AnnoUondd Plans for a Monthlong North American Tour This September; Check Out the Dates Below.
It's Been a Particularly Prolific Few Years For The Mael Brothers As – In addition to Their Stoady Stream of New Albums; Mad! Is Their 26th Studio LP – ALSO Collaborated with Director Leos Carax On The Movie Musical Annex and diverted to Recount Their Own History in Edgar Wright's The Sparks Brothers documentary.
According to the Duo, The Brothers Will Next Return to the Movie World With Another Musical Directed by Action Film Legend John Woo.
“After AnnexWe Wanted to do Another Movie Musical That Channels What We Do, Without It Just Being Another Sparks Album, “Russell Mael Told Nme. “John Woo Said in An Interview That He'd Never Done A Musical, Which We Were Astounded by. We're Fans of His, So About a Year Ago We approached Him With Our Idea. He Heard the Who Hours of What Will Be The Film And Said: 'I Love This, Let's Do It'. Have Some Great Producers Working On It and It's Hopefully Going Into Production Soon-Ish. “
Sparks Tour Dates
September 5 – Atlanta, Ga – Tabernacle
September 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Keswick Theater
September 9 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theater
September 11 – Boston, but – Berklee Performance Center
September 12 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theater
September 14 – Columbus, Oh – The Athenaeum Theater
September 15 – Cleveland, Oh – Templelive at Cleveland Masonic
September 17 – Toronto, On – Queen Elizabeth Theater
September 20 – St. Paul, MN – Fitzgerald Theater
September 23 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theater
September 24 – Seattle, Wa – Moore Theater
September 26 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
September 27 – San Francisco, Ca – Golden Gate Theater
September 29 – El Cajon, Ca – The Magnolia
September 30 – Los Angeles, Ca – The Greek Theater
