Sparklehorse - It’s a Wonderful Life

by Aker on Mon, Jul 26, 2021

Abstract but grounded.

My perception of Sparklehorse’s third album It’s a Wonderful Life has beautifully warped since my first listen some ten years ago. Picture a skinny, floppy-fringed Aker sitting on a school bus through a nondescript post-industrial British city listening to an awkward mix of Mastodon, Elliott Smith, Deftones, The Smashing Pumpkins, Enslaved, Neil Young, Opeth, Funeral for a Friend and Nick Drake. Not a lot has changed, I still pull away in both directions.