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In, Through, and Beyond

by sparkle*jets u.k.

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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Download contains the entire 'Special Expanded Edition' originally released in 2004, with bonus tracks and a 30 page digital booklet.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A limited edition Repress of the first album on Digipack

    Includes unlimited streaming of In, Through, and Beyond via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Limited 12" Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Black vinyl, full cover art. Contains 12 songs from the 1998 CD. "Above The Clouds", "Thirteen", and "Girl Don't Tell Me" available with download.

    Includes unlimited streaming of In, Through, and Beyond via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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10 Inches 02:34
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Dat 02:43
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Thirteen 02:42
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Oh Poor Me 03:58
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Haircut Girl 03:14
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Space 36 02:50
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Golden 03:23
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Listen to Me 04:18
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about

In, Through, and Beyond, the debut effort by L.A.'s Sparkle*Jets U.K., was the irreverent antidote to snoringly classicist late-'90s power pop acts. While Sparkle*Jets are a power pop band by virtue of their influences, exhibited here in their wonderful choice of covers (Electric Light Orchestra's "Above the Clouds," Big Star's "Thirteen," and the Beach Boys' "Girl Don't Tell Me"), they steer clear of clichés and remember that pop music is fun by design. While many modern pop revivalists play guitar pop like it belongs in a museum, Sparkle*Jets rock with abandon through these 15 tracks, smirking all the while. Sure, the songs can be goofy; there's a song about "Surfing Monkeys," and "Oh Poor Me" is more or less the female answer to the Smiths' "Girlfriend in a Coma," in which the girl doesn't mind that her narcissistic boyfriend dies in a fiery car wreck while trying to change CDs. And it doesn't stop there -- "My Internet Love Song (To You)," which crams computer jargon into a bouncy love song, is easily one of the most clever geek rock anthems ever written. Sure, the album sags a little toward the end, but the humor doesn't wear thin after a few listens because the hooks are strong and the two frontpersons are appealing. Mike Simmons and Susan West are like polar opposites -- Simmons' boyish, innocent voice provides the ideal backdrop for the album's more typically power poppy moments, while West is a little more prone to let loose with her very rock & roll set of pipes. The end result is a relentlessly energetic, delightfully cheery, and thoroughly entertaining debut record. - Jason Damas, All Music Guide

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released October 21, 2017

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Michael Simmons Huntington Beach, California

Guitarist/songwriter/vocalist for venerable powerpop band sparkle*jets u.k., frequent voice behind Popdudes, and 1/3 of Yorktown Lads.

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