Through the Sparks

Conjuring up clouds of appear that blend components of prog rock and roll, psychedelia, and indie rock and roll, Birmingham, AL’s Through the Sparks started life in 2003 like a part task for guitarist Nikolaus Mimikakis, his percussionist brother Thomas Mimikakis, and bassist Greg Slamen, who at that time were dealing with John Paul Keith in his strap Stateside. That they had currently begun recording tunes as Through the Sparks when Keith made a decision to collapse Stateside, so Slamen as well as the Mimikakis brothers just refocused their interest on their fresh task. Adding multi-instrumentalists Jody Nelson and Wayne Brangle towards the lineup — both of whom play a number of keyboards and guitars using the group — Through the Sparks started taking their complex soundscapes into live locations, and in the springtime of 2005 they released their 1st Compact disc, a six-song EP known as Coin Toss around the impartial Skybucket label. This is adopted in early 2006 with Audiolotas: Scraps for the Human being Ear, a assortment of demos, house recordings, and “unfinished” compositions designed to record the band’s first period. Through the Sparks’s first genuine studio recording, Lazarus Beach, found its way to spring 2007.