Violet: Violet Vinyl LP Sparklehorse when freed from the chains

when freed from the chains of a five-piece band

The producer’s hand is prominent — not least in the sampled “yeah”s and “uh”s that give the album a hip-hop-indebted confidence — and many of the songs feature the 4/4 beats and deftly employed effects usually associated with house music

LP Four: Lucy

Gaby Moreno

Giant Palm was arranged with collaborator Joel Burton

Violet: Violet Vinyl LP Sparklehorse when freed from the chainsThe earliest version of L. S. Dunesthe one that introduced themselves to the world at Chicagos Riot Fest in 2022 and went on to release their blissfully chaotic debut, Past Lives, later that yearwas birthed in turbulence. There was a pandemic. There were time and family constraints. There were members away on tour with one of their many other bands: Frank Ieros My Chemical Romance, Anthony Greens Saosin and Circa Survive, Travis Stevers Coheed and