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A woman came up to me after a show and said, “thank you for writing such hopeful lyrics. I felt a bit stunned - was she listening to ALL the lyrics? There’s a lot in the songs that are honest about NOT being hopeful. I started to analyze how I feel about life as someone who is often optimistic about projects, but not about my own mental state or health or future. I realized I don’t feel like someone who drowns in hope, but I’m not void of it either. I always try to at least carry a little spark of it, just enough to see in the darkness and hope it’s enough to get me through. I wrote this song while we were in the studio after almost a year of trying to write it and failing. It came together in a half hour and we recorded it the next day, with the lights low, during a thunderstorm.
lyrics
I’m afraid of my heart, ‘cause it feels all at once
Like falling apart while falling in love
Braving the dark, then braving the sun
Mmm
And when I get down, baby, I get real low
Reaching for fountains that offer no flow
Breaking new ground, ignoring what’s sowed
But I’m tired of spinning out of control
There is a spark of hope that’s fighting in my veins
I’m giving all I know to make it light into flame
And though it’s getting cold trying to hide from the rain
I’m living on a spark of hope
And for a long time, if you asked how I was
I couldn’t reply without subordinate clauses
Tempted to lie, but settled for pause
And I think I’m getting better just because
There is a spark of hope that’s fighting in my veins
I’m giving all I know to make it light into flame
And though it’s getting cold trying to hide from the rain
I’m living on a spark of hope
From the hollow shadow that is pulling at my reins
To the psychobabble that is feeding me my pain
Do I have to grapple just to step out of this rut?
‘Cause I really need a spark to be enough
There is a spark of hope that’s fighting in my veins
I’m giving all I know to make it light into flame
And though it’s getting cold trying to hide from the rain
I’m living on a spark of hope
There is a spark of hope
(From the hollow shadow that is pulling at my reins)
I’m giving all I know
(To the psychobabble that is feeding me my pain)
And though it’s getting cold trying to hide from the rain
(Do I have to grapple just to step out of this rut?)
I’m living on a spark of hope
(‘Cause I really need a spark to be enough)
I’m living on a spark of hope
I’m living on a spark of hope
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