NEWS
EVENTS
Imogen Heap - Sparks (Album Review)
Indie | Thursday 7th August 2014 | Francesco
Imogen Heap is releasing her latest album called Sparks.Her new album is just another great achievement for the singer; her voice and her style are as powerful as ever.
With this new group of songs the Hide and Seek singer is fresh, original and experiments on a whole new level in her electronic/techno/pop music, as she mixes sounds and words from the Arabian and Asian world. This new melting pot of notes and words is able to be fresh but still gives the listeners the classic Imogen Heap vibe, all without creating confusion or boredom.
Sparks is also a concept album. Every song is a project and is released every three months, starting in 2011 with Lifeline to her last single The Beast, which came out on August 2nd. With You Know Where to Find Me, she continues to get closer to the poetic world; the song is recalling the River Thames as if it is a person. Xizi She knows recalls her period in China, and Lifeline is dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Tsunami and earthquake of Tohoku. Propeller Seeds was recorded using 3D audio effects, and Me, the Machine using gestural music wired-gloves and premiered as part of Earth Day 2012.
Her sweet voice is mixed with her piano skills creating the right mood in every song. With this new album, Imogen dares to go beyond her usual standard, beyond the popular commerical-pop music construction. She underlines her own agenda, creating a whole new level of musicality, as diverse as possible. The result is an unique and important new album, a great achievement for her music career. You are trapped in her world, and you just want to listen to Sparks again and again
If you were eager to listen to her new album, don't worry. You won't be disappointed at all, Imogen Heap is back, and she is as great as ever.
Imogen Heap confirmed to the press that her new album will be out on August 18th. You Know Where to Find...it!
She will also perform Sparks live at Roundhouse on August 24th.
Listen to You Know Where to Find Me:
Francesco Bacci
