Sparrow House "You Sang Along"

So Sparrow House is basically Jared Van Fleet from Voxtrot, and his band's Falls EP is such a nice surprise, and a pretty significant break from Voxtrot's hyper-active Smiths-isms: it's lo-fi/not lo-fi folk-pop made with all the attention to nuance and melody and atmosphere that I require from such things, in order for them to be good. Even the EP itself was cozy: hand-created and stapled, it was also really easy to get lost amongst the piles of comparatively crappy promo discs in my apartment, which is why I'm writing about this song like 6 months after I received it. I broke out "You Sang Along" (mp3) recently, and it perfectly echoes the aura that the EP so wants to give off. It starts off with some slightly sinister-sounding plucked acoustic guitar, rumbling bass and whispered vocals, but quickly give way to the refrain, which feels like the sun moving out from behind some quickly moving clouds, temporarily casting everything in bright yellow, and then retreating again and letting the browns and grays (like the cover up there) take back over. The perfect antidote for those of you less than impressed with the new Voxtrot record.

Buy the Falls EP here.