Sparks - The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Released 26th May 2023

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte marks Sparks first release on the venerable Island Records label in close to five decades, following such classics as 1974s landmark Kimono My House, highlighted of course by the indelible hit single This Town Aint Big Enough For Both Of Us. The new album is described by Ron and Russell Mael as a record that is as bold and uncompromising as anything we did back then or, for that matter, anytime throughout our career.

The album includes such instantly intriguing new musical vignettes as Mona Lisas Packing, Leaving Late Tonight and Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is, songs which once again display Sparks seemingly ceaseless ability to craft complete, intricately detailed stories within perfect three-and-a-half minute pop masterpieces. Both characteristically timeless and unequivocally modern, The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte once again affirms that, after more than a half century ma