"Red Sparowes is a Los Angeles post-rock band comprising current and former members of Isis, Neurosis, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise uncommon extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.
Red Sparowes formed in 2003 as another project for its members. Through signing to Neurot Recordings, Neurosis' record label, Red Sparowes toured with The Dillinger Escape Plan and Made Out of Babies in 2004 after recording demos for their debut album. The debut was recorded in late May of 2004 by engineer Desmond Shea, with the resulting sound in the vein of guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer and Jeff Caxide's band Isis, Chicago post-rock/metal outfit Pelican, as well as bands as varied as Sonic Youth and The Cure. Members Jeff Caxide and Dana Berkowitz relocated in late 2004, thus forcing them out of the band.
Red Sparowes' first studio album, At the Soundless Dawn, was released in February of 2005, following guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer's other band, Isis, (band), in their initial tours in support of Panopticon. Shortly after this release, a split 12" was released with Gregor Samsa. The Red Sparowes side contained the second track from At the Soundless Dawn, "Buildings Began to Stretch Wide Across the Sky, And the Air Filled With A Reddish Glow," as well as a song recorded during the album's recording sessions with guitar from Mike Gallagher of Isis, initially only available on the Japanese release of the album.
The band did a successful headlining tour of Europe in spring of 2005, and participated in an American tour in August and September of 2005 with Pelican, Big Business and Breather Resist. In February of 2006 the band finished recording their follow-up, Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun.
They last toured North America in spring of 2007.
Members:
Current
Bryant Clifford Meyer (guitar) of Isis
Josh Graham (guitar) of Neurosis (visuals) and Battle of Mice
Andy Arahood (guitar/bass) formerly of Angel Hair
Greg Burns (bass/pedal steel) of Halifax Pier
David Clifford (drums) of Pleasure Forever
Past:
Jeff Caxide (bass/guitar) of Isis
Dana Berkowitz (drums)
Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn (2005)
Tracklist:
01. Alone and Unaware, the Landscape Was Transformed in Front of Our Eyes
02. Buildings Began to Stretch Wide Across the Sky, and the Air Filled With a Reddish Glow
03. The Soundless Dawn Came Alive as Cities Began to Mark the Horizon
04. Mechanical Sounds Cascaded Through the City Walls and Everyone Reveled in Their Ignorance
05. A Brief Moment of Clarity Broke Through the Deafening Hum, but It Was Too Late
06. Our Happiest Days Slowly Began to Turn Into Dust
07. The Sixth Extinction Crept Up Slowly, Like Sunlight Through the Shutters
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Red Sparowes - Oh Lord, God Of Vengeance, Show Yourself [live] (2006)
Tracklist:
01. Untitled #1.mp3
02. Alone And Unaware The Landscape Was Transformed In Front Of Our Eyes.mp3
03. Like The Howling Glory Of The Darkest Winds This Voice Was Thunderous And The Words Holy Tangling Their Way Around Our Hearts.mp3
04. Buildings Began To Stretch Wide Across The Sky And The Air Filled With A Reddish Glow.mp3
05. Our Happiest Days Slowly Began To Turn Into Dust.mp3
06. Untitled #2.mp3
07. The Sixth Extinction Crept Up Slowly Like The Sunlight Through The Shutters.mp3
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Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
Tracklist:
1. "The Great Leap Forward Poured Down Upon Us One Day Like a Mighty Storm, Suddenly and Furiously Blinding Our Senses."
2. "We Stood Transfixed in Blank Devotion as Our Leader Spoke to Us, Looking Down On Our Mute Faces With a Great, Raging, and Unseeing Eye."
3. "Like the Howling Glory of the Darkest Winds, This Voice Was Thunderous and the Words Holy, Tangling Their Way Around Our Hearts and Clutching Our Innocent Awe."
4. "A Message of Avarice Rained Down Upon Us and Carried Us Away Into False Dreams of Endless Riches."
5. "'Annihilate the Sparrow, That Stealer of Seed, and Our Harvests Will Abound; We Will Watch Our Wealth Flood In.'"
6. "And by Our Own Hand Did Every Last Bird Lie Silent in Their Puddles, the Air Barren of Song as the Clouds Drifted Away. For Killing Their Greatest Enemy, the Locusts Noisily Thanked Us and Turned Their Jaws Toward Our Crops, Swallowing Our Greed Whole."
7. "Millions Starved and Became Skinnier and Skinnier, While Our Leaders Became Fatter and Fatter."
8. "Finally, as That Blazing Sun Shone Down Upon Us, Did We Know That True Enemy Was the Voice of Blind Idolatry; and Only Then Did We Begin to Think for Ourselves."