Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me) The new single by Sparks

With their new studio album ‘Hippopotamus’ due in September, Sparks release ‘Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me)’, the new single from this highly anticipated record. 
Listen HERE - https://sparks.lnk.to/EdithPiafPR

The title track was tipped by The Guardian Guide, NME and Music Week and described by Mojo as “combining Dr Seuss whimsy, classical miniaturism and the archest humours – with an invitation to dance – Ron and Russell Mael return as only they can”. Playlisted on BBC Radio 6 Music and coinciding with the band’s stand out performance at the 6 Music Festival in Glasgow, the song was an intriguing introduction to the band’s first ‘regular’ studio album since 2008’s ‘Exotic Creatures of The Deep’. 

The “febrile” ‘What The Hell Is It This Time?’ with its “jagged electronic bedrock” and divine intolerance followed.  Also playlisted by 6 Music, the single was praised by classical music critic and BBC Radio 3 presenter Tom Service who said during Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable “I flat out love that. It is really clever, it’s really arch, its lyrics are wonderful” awarding it 10/10. 

“Like all great Sparks songs, the brothers deliver their sermon standing atop a mountain of grandiose orchestration, investing its undepleted energy with a joyousness that has come to define its work across 45 years.” LA Times

Now Ron and Russell Mael release ‘Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me)’ – classic Sparks (without sounding like any previous song in their 40+ year career), the uplifting, hook-laden music belies the lyrics’ melancholic tone.

“some of the most life-affirming and attention-grabbing pop singles of all time….Sparks lyrics reach the parts which other bands wouldn’t even think to explore” The Scotsman

Described as “the smartest, most consistently evolving band in the history of rock”, and internationally acclaimed as pop pioneers, Sparks’ music has always been innovative and instantly identifiable.  Recorded in Los Angeles, ‘Hippopotamus’ sees Sparks take the pop form, shake it up, and create an album that is adventurous, fresh and idiosyncratically ‘Sparks’.

What The Hell Is It This Time? official video 

Hippopotamus official video

Sparks will return to Europe for The Hippopotamus Tour 

Monday 07 Aug Vega Theater, Copenhagen 
Tuesday 08 Aug Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway 
Thursday 10 Aug Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden (sold out)
Saturday 12 Aug Flow Festival, Helsinki, Finland 
Sunday 10 Sep Ateliér Babylon, Bratislava
Monday 11 Sep Lucerna Music Bar, Prague 
Tuesday 12 Sep Columbia Theatre, Berlin 
Thursday 14 Sep Paard van Troje, Den Haag 
Friday 15 Sep Den Atelier, Luxembourg 
Saturday 16 Sep Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
Monday 18 Sep Waterfront, Norwich 
Tuesday 19 Sep The Boilershop, Newcastle
Wednesday 20 Sep Queens Hall, Edinburgh (sold out)
Friday 22 Sep O2 Ritz, Manchester (sold out)
Saturday 23 Sep Rock City, Nottingham 
Sunday 24 Sep O2 Institute 1, Birmingham 
Tuesday 26 Sep 02 Academy, Bristol 
Wednesday 27 Sep O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London 
Thursday 28 Sep 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Sunday 1 Oct La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris