Maximum Ink 2005
The whimsical, wound-up chamber pop of Vancouver’s Sparrow magically cranks out sunny melodies like cotton candy. Strings swell as horns soar while rambunctious jingles of charmed sincerity suggests vaudeville operettas and choirboy carnivals. Subverting cliches and distorting formulas, “Early,” fills itself with rollicking waltzes, radiant harmonies, bouncy arrangements and bemused self-reflection.