Spark Large is the first release by Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

  band Marching Band

Marching Band (band)

Marching Band is a musical duo consisting of Erik Sunbring and Jacob Lind from Linköping, Sweden. Marching Band combines eccentric musical elements with mainstay rock sounds, creating a sonic fusion that finds instrumentation of marimba, banjo and vibraphone meshing with guitars, bass, drums and...

. The scheduled release date was 5 August 2008 by U & L Records.

Production

Spark Large was recorded from January 2008 through April 2008 in Studio City, CA at Fireproof Recording. It was mixed and engineered by Adam Lasus

Adam Lasus

Adam Lasus is an American musician and record producer.Adam Lasus credits include albums by Yo La Tengo, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Lilys, Helium, Juliana Hatfield, Mark Mulcahy, , Clem Snide, Amy Ray, Madder Rose, Michael Cerveris, , Chris Harford, Versus, Dumptruck, Varnaline, Saturnine and...

, produced by Adam Lasus

Adam Lasus

Adam Lasus is an American musician and record producer.Adam Lasus credits include albums by Yo La Tengo, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Lilys, Helium, Juliana Hatfield, Mark Mulcahy, , Clem Snide, Amy Ray, Madder Rose, Michael Cerveris, , Chris Harford, Versus, Dumptruck, Varnaline, Saturnine and...

 and Marching Band

Marching Band (band)

Marching Band is a musical duo consisting of Erik Sunbring and Jacob Lind from Linköping, Sweden. Marching Band combines eccentric musical elements with mainstay rock sounds, creating a sonic fusion that finds instrumentation of marimba, banjo and vibraphone meshing with guitars, bass, drums and...

 and Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound. Album cover

Album cover

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 and booklet art made by Swedish artist Mia Mäkilä

Mia Mäkilä

Mia Mäkilä a.k.a. Mia Makila is a Swedish artist particularly known for her Boschian style in her mixed media works. She is also involved in the European Lowbrow Art Movement....

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Track listing

1. For Your Love
2. Gorgeous Behavior
3. Feel Good About It
4. Make No Plans
5. Make Up Artist
6. Travel In Time
7. Letters
8. Special Treatment
9. I Could Never
10. Everything
11. Aggravate
12. Sparkle

When purchased on Itunes, the track listing is slightly different:

1. For Your Love
2. Gorgeous Behavior
3. Feel Good About It
4. Make No Plans
5. Make Up Artist
6. Travel In Time
7. Letters
8. Special Treatment
9. I Could Never
10. Everything
11. Aggravate
12. Sparkle
13. Don't Go
14. Home Alone
15. 68 (Don't Give Ideas)

External links

• Spark Large at the band's homepage
• Review at Contact Music